Interface breakdown during high-power microwave transmission

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 496-500

  Neuber, A A ^b   Edmiston, G F ^b   Krile, J T ^b   Krompholz, H ^b   Dickens, J C ^b   Kristiansen, M ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Texas Tech University   (United States)

Author keywords

Dielectric breakdown; High power microwaves (HPM); Surface flashover

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GEOMETRY; MICROWAVE POWER TRANSMISSION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

DIELECTRIC FLASHOVERS; ELECTRON COLLISION; HIGH POWER MICROWAVES (HPM); SURFACE FLASHOVERS;

ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN;

EID: 33846211432     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2006.887680     Document Type: Article

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