Editing Marx generator (section)

== Applications ==
One application is so-called [[boxcar function|boxcar]] switching of a [[Pockels cell]]. Four Marx generators are used, each of the two electrodes of the Pockels cell being connected to a positive pulse generator and a negative pulse generator. Two generators of opposite polarity, one on each electrode, are first fired to charge the Pockels cell into one polarity. This will also partly charge the other two generators but not trigger them, because they have been only partly charged beforehand. Leakage through the Marx resistors needs to be compensated by a small bias current through the generator. At the trailing edge of the boxcar, the two other generators are fired to "reverse" the cell.

Marx generators are used to provide high-voltage pulses for the testing of insulation of electrical apparatus such as large power [[transformer]]s, or insulators used for supporting power transmission lines. Voltages applied may exceed two million volts for high-voltage apparatus.

In the food industry, Marx generators are used for [[Food preservation#Pulsed electric field electroporation|pulsed electric field]] processing to induce cutting improvement or drying acceleration for potato and other fruits and vegetables.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Fauster|first1=T.|last2=Schlossnikl|first2=D.|last3=Rath|first3=F.|last4=Ostermeier|first4=R.|last5=Teufel|first5=F.|last6=Toepfl|first6=S.|last7=Jaeger|first7=H.|date=October 2018|title=Impact of pulsed electric field (PEF) pretreatment on process performance of industrial French fries production|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0260877418301845|journal=Journal of Food Engineering|language=en|volume=235|pages=16–22|doi=10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2018.04.023|s2cid=103082055 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>