Plasma parameters of an arc cathode spot at the low-current vacuum discharge

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 31, Issue 5 I, 2003, Pages 817-821

  Batrakov, Alexander ^a   Popov, Sergey ^a   Vogel, Nadeshda ^c   Jüttner, Burkhard ^b   Proskurovsky, Dmitry ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH CURRENT ELECTRONICS   (Russian Federation)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cathode spot plasma; Interferometry; Pulsed laser diagnostics; Shadowgraphy; Vacuum arcs

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER PULSES; VACUUM;

CATHODE SPOT PLASMA; PICOSECOND LASER INTERFEROMETRY; SHADOWGRAPHY; VACUUM ARC DISCHARGE;

PLASMA THEORY;

EID: 0242355113     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2003.818427     Document Type: Article

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