• DocumentCode
    3204309
  • Title

    Registration of initial stage of air breakdown in the fields of subgigawatt Ka-band microwave pulses

  • Author

    Yalandin, M.I. ; Reutova, A.G. ; Sharypov, K.A. ; Shpak, V.G. ; Shunailov, S.A. ; Ul´masculov, M.R. ; Mesyats, G.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Electrophys., UB RAS, Ekaterinburg, Russia
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    June 28 2009-July 2 2009
  • Firstpage
    476
  • Lastpage
    479
  • Abstract
    The initial stage of atmospheric air breakdowns in Ka-band pulsed microwave fields was observed for the microwave power increasing to a maximum within a characteristic time of ~300 ps. Pulsed microwaves were produced by relativistic BWOs with output powers of ~170 and ~500 MW (4 ns and 300 ps FWHM), respectively. Of particular interest are modes in which repetitive pulsed microwaves are generated.
  • Keywords
    backward wave oscillators; microwave oscillators; millimetre wave oscillators; pulsed power technology; BWO; Ka-band pulsed microwave field; atmospheric air breakdowns; repetitive pulsed microwaves; subGigawatt Ka-band microwave pulses; Aperture antennas; Breakdown voltage; Coaxial components; Electric breakdown; Electron beams; Horn antennas; Microwave devices; Microwave oscillators; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Pulsed Power Conference, 2009. PPC '09. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Washington, DC
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4064-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4065-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PPC.2009.5386322
  • Filename
    5386322