High power microwave switching utilizing a waveguide spark gap.

@article{Foster2008HighPM,
  title={High power microwave switching utilizing a waveguide spark gap.},
  author={J. Foster and G. Edmiston and M. Thomas and A. Neuber},
  journal={The Review of scientific instruments},
  year={2008},
  volume={79 11},
  pages={
          114701
        }
}
  • J. Foster, G. Edmiston, +1 author A. Neuber
  • Published 2008
  • Materials Science, Medicine
  • The Review of scientific instruments
    • A reduction in the rise time of a 2.85 GHz high power microwave (HPM) pulse is achieved by implementing an overvoltaged spark gap inside a waveguide structure. The spark gap is oriented such that when triggered, the major electric field component of the dominant TE(10) mode is shorted. The transition from a transmissive to a highly reflective microwave structure in a relatively short period of time (tens of nanoseconds) creates a means to switch multimegawatt power levels on a much faster… CONTINUE READING
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