Resonant atomic interfero- and shadowgraphy of vacuum arc with gallium cathode

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 31, Issue 5 I, 2003, Pages 864-868

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

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH CURRENT ELECTRONICS   (Russian Federation)

^b CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cathode spot; Resonance laser interferography; Vacuum arc

Indexed keywords

ANODES; ATOMS; CAPACITANCE; CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC ARCS; GALLIUM; LASER APPLICATIONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PLASMA JETS; VAPORS;

GALLIUM CATHODE; LIQUID GALLIUM CATHODE; RESONANCE LASER INTERFEROGRAPHY; SHADOWGRAPHY; VACUUM ARC;

CATHODES;

EID: 0242386598     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2003.818430     Document Type: Article

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