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Research at USC addresses physics and applications, science and engineering. Pulsed Power research at USC is multidisciplinary investigating fundamental issues that inhibit implementation of smaller, compact and lightweight pulsed power. In one such approach we explore new methodologies for III-V device switching which offers true optical hybrid circuits with vastly reduced size and weight. High voltage scaling is achieved by previously unavailable technology that enables efficient methods for scaling circuits and switching components to high peak voltage and power. In a parallel approach that shows tremendous short-term promise, super-emissive gas-phase switches offer a breakthrough potential in technology that enables very compact pulsed power generators, and will be implemented in energy-efficient circuitry for high voltage and high current pulsed loads with low load impedance.

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