Time history and spectra of the light emitted by multimegavolt water switches

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 35, Issue 6 PART 2, 2007, Pages 1797-1804

  Woodworth, Joseph R ^a   Barnat, Edward ^a   Aragon, Ben ^a   Corley, John ^b   Hodge, Keith ^b   Blickem, James ^b   Anaya, Victor ^b   Guthrie, Douglas ^b   Bliss, David ^a   Lehr, Jane ^a   Maenchen, John E ^a   Wakeland, Peter ^b   Drennan, Scott ^b   Johnson, David L ^c  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b KTECH CORPORATION   (United States)

^c TITAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical diagnostics; Pulsed power; Spectroscopy; Water switches

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON DENSITIES; FRAMING CAMERAS; HYDROGEN EMISSIONS; OPTICAL DIAGNOSTICS; POWER PULSE; PULSED POWER; REFURBISHMENT PROGRAMS; TIME HISTORY; WATER SWITCHES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEN; OPTICAL SWITCHES;

TIME SWITCHES;

EID: 65249143082     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2007.910161     Document Type: Article

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