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Modulator Experience

L-3 PS has nearly 30 years history providing pulsed power modulators for government and commercial applications

AVCO Everett Research Laboratory
6 MW, 30 Hz, line modulator
DARPA
50 Hz rep-rate , 250 W average power, KrF laser beam modulator
Maxwell
10 Hz-1500 Hz, up to 100 kV, 160 kW test modulator
Math Sciences Northwest
50 kV to 70 kV, 120 ns pulse width, 100 Hz magnetic pulse compression modulator
DARPA
100 Hz, 300 kW average power, magnetic switching modulator (EMRLD)
LLNL
LIS Extractor 5.5 kV, 700 A peak, 60 kHz and 480 kW average power solid-state modulator
MDTI
Compact 3 kJ, 1.5 MV open circuit, 16 stage Marx bank storage capacitor for a two-stage Guillemin Type A pulse forming network achieved over 10,000 cumulative shots at repetition rates of ~3 Hz
VHSIC
10 Hz, four stage magnetic compression system, high brightness soft X-ray source for X-ray lithography … at the time, the highest peak and average power magnetic modulator ever built (600 kA, 70 kV with 10 kJ of electrical energy per pulse and an average power of 30 kW)
LSU
10 Hz, 200 ns,120 A and 500 A, adjustable from 50 to 100% in amplitude, thyratron switched, kicker magnet modulators
University of Utah
6 kA, 100 Hz solid state magnetic modulator
HDL/ETDL
up to 500 kV, 5 ohm, rise time of < 30 ns, flat top pulse width of 500 ns, decay time of < 100 ns, and repetition rate of 5 Hz pulser