Gas Puff Z-Pinch Experiments with NE, AR and KR on the Ceszar Linear Transformer Driver

Linear Transformer Drivers (LTDs) are new-generation pulsed power machines capable of high shot rates with a small footprint and provide more efficient energy coupling to the plasma loads compared to the conventional Marx bank-pulse forming line generators. The LTD generator named “CEZAR” has been recently commissioned at UC San Diego, capable of producing 900 kA current with the current rise time of 150 ns.