Review of high-power pulsed systems at the Institute of High Current Electronics

A.A. Kim; B.M. Kovalchuk; V.A. Kokshenev; A.V. Shishlov; N.A. Ratakhin; V.I. Oreshkin; V.V. Rostov; V.I. Koshelev; V.F. Losev

doi:10.1016/j.mre.2016.08.001

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