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The laser-triggered switching of a 575 kV, Van de Graaff charged, high-pressure, gas-filled spark gap is described. Subnanosecond switch jitter could be maintained with laser powers of only 10 MW. The application of this technique to repetitive switching of high-voltage, pulse-power systems with nanosecond delay and subnanosecond jitter is considered.
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Strickland et al. (1973) studied this question.
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