• DocumentCode
    2789576
  • Title

    Propagation of high power microwave pulses in air breakdown environment

  • Author

    Kuo, S.P. ; Mang, Y.S. ; Kossey, P.

  • Author_Institution
    Polytechnic University
  • fYear
    1989
  • fDate
    0-0 1989
  • Firstpage
    212
  • Lastpage
    215
  • Abstract
    A chamber experiment is conducted to study the propagation of high power microwave pulses through the the air. The Paschen breakdown condition has been determined. Two mechanisms responsible for two different degree of tail erosion have also been identified experimentally.
  • Keywords
    Atmosphere; Electric breakdown; Electromagnetic heating; Energy loss; Ionization; Microwave propagation; Plasma properties; Plasma waves; Probes; Tail;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Millimeter Wave and Far-Infrared Technology, 1989. ICMWFT '89. International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Beijing, China
  • Print_ISBN
    0-87942-717-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICMWFT.1989.763804
  • Filename
    763804