I have been thinking that trigger system looks quite complicated. Can someone explain why there is a separate trigger on each capacitor? If they are all charged in parallel to the same voltage, can’t you just have one spark gap in the middle?
If you do need separate triggers why not use some of the techniques used in Marx generators. Such as all the gaps should be able to see each other, so the UV light from one spark can help trigger the others. Then the time difference between them is down to how close together they are. The other step that is apparently used, is to dope the electrodes with a radioactive isotope, to give a consistent breakdown point.
James
