Propagation of high power microwave pulses in air breakdown environment

Spencer Kuo; Y. S. Zhang; Paul Kossey

Propagation of high power microwave pulses in air breakdown environment

Spencer Kuo, Y. S. Zhang, Paul Kossey

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Abstract

A chamber experiment was conducted to study the propagation of high-power microwave pulses through the air. The Paschen breakdown condition was determined, and two mechanisms responsible for two different degrees of tail erosion were identified. It is shown that an increase of pulse amplitude may not help to increase the energy transfer by the pulse. This is because the two tail-erosion mechanisms degrade the energy transfer. The way to solve this problem is either to lower the amplitude of the pulse or to narrow the pulsewidth so that the propagation loss can be minimized.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Int Conf Millimeter Wave Far-Infrared Technol
Editors	Ann Simmons McMillan, Gail M. Tucker
Publisher	Publ by IEEE
Pages	212-215
Number of pages	4
State	Published - 1989
Event	International Conference on Millimeter Wave and Far-Infrared Technology - Beijing, China Duration: Jun 19 1989 → Jun 23 1989

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Other	International Conference on Millimeter Wave and Far-Infrared Technology
City	Beijing, China
Period	6/19/89 → 6/23/89

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