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Re: Non-Linear Transmission Lines (NLTLs) as pulse-forming Shocklines

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<joegwinn@comcast.net> wrote:
> There was some talk of using NLTLs to form impulses suitable for
> driving signal samplers for such applications as VNAs and TDRs, and I
> mentioned Holzworth Instruments (Jason Breitbarth) in the "tiny 1200v
> SiC diode" thread circa 27 April 2026.
> 
> There are two critical documents, Breitbarth's PhD 2006 Thesis and a
> 2017 paper co-written by Breitbarth and his PhD Thesis Director Zoya
> Popovic, both at the University of Colorado at Aurora CO.
> 
> Both documents may obtained gratis from Professor Popovic's
> publications page:
> 
> .<https://www.colorado.edu/faculty/popovic-zoya/publications>
> 
> The PhD thesis leaves a critical detail out, exactly how the needed
> nearly noiseless control voltage is generated.  In 2006, this was a
> loose end.  The answer was published ~10 years later, with Popovic.
> 
> Joe
> 

Nice. I know Zoya slightly from having visited CU Boulder and JILA a couple
of times back when I was doing antenna-coupled tunnel junctions.  
She’s definitely one of the ones. 

Cheers 

Phil Hobbs 

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Non-Linear Transmission Lines (NLTLs)  as pulse-forming Shocklines joegwinn@comcast.net - 2026-05-04 20:24 -0400
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