Influence of Z-pinch load on current loss in magnetically insulated transmission line

The current loss in magnetically insulated transmission line(MITL) on pulsed power installation “S-300” is studied by measuring bremsstrahlung between the electrodes, current and voltage in the load. Three kinds of load were used in experiments and the results show that the characteristics of current loss in MITL notablely depend on the types of load. When the load is wire arrays, the current loss occurs at the moment of wire arrays stagnation and the maximum amplitude is no more than 5% of total current in the load.