Images From the Development of a High-Power Microwave System

Images From the Development of a High-Power Microwave System

A recently developed self-contained compact single-shot high-power microwave (HPM) system was tested and characterized. The explosive-driven system utilizes a reflex triode virtual cathode oscillator (vircator) as the HPM source. An open-shutter image acquired with a digital single-lens reflex camer...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE transactions on plasma science 2008-08, Vol.36 (4), p.1414-1415
Hauptverfasser: Holt, T.A., Young, A.J., Elsayed, M.A., Walter, J.W., Neuber, A.A., Kristiansen, M.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Anodes
Capacitors
Cathodes
Coils
Electrodes
Explosions
Explosively driven pulsed power
helical flux compression generator (HFCG)
Ions
Microwaves
Oscillators
Plasma
Plasma materials processing
Plasma sources
Power conditioning
Power generation
Pulse amplifiers
Reflexes
System testing
Thermal management
Triodes
vircator
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Zusammenfassung:A recently developed self-contained compact single-shot high-power microwave (HPM) system was tested and characterized. The explosive-driven system utilizes a reflex triode virtual cathode oscillator (vircator) as the HPM source. An open-shutter image acquired with a digital single-lens reflex camera during operation was used to show plasma development extending beyond the anode-cathode gap of the vircator. The plasma's self-emission is due to ionized material eroded and desorbed from both the cathode and the anode.
ISSN:0093-3813
1939-9375
DOI:10.1109/TPS.2008.924487