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Abstract— The design of a subnanosecond accelerator composed of three sections and a gas-filled diode and results of its testing are presented. The three sections of the accelerator are a double forming line, a ferrite line, and a line with a variable wave impedance. A beam current amplitude of ≈2.7 kA has been measured behind the anode foil at a pulse width at half-maximum of ≈370 ps. Using this accelerator and a standard spectrometer, Cherenkov radiation and pulsed cathodoluminescence have been investigated in KU-1 fused silica, polymethyl methacrylate, and KBr crystal samples.