Fundamental physical considerations for ultrafast spark gap switching

Ultra-Wideband Short-Pulse Electromagnetics 4

Volumn 1998-June, Issue , 1998, Pages 11-20

  Lehr, Jane M ^a   Baum, Carl E ^a   Prather, William D ^a   Torres, Robert J ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; INDUCTANCE; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPAGATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC SOURCES; ELECTRON AVALANCHES; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; INDUCTANCE PER UNIT LENGTH; PULSE RISETIME; SINGLE CHANNELS; ULTRAFAST SWITCHING;

GROWTH RATE;

EID: 85034743756     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/UWBSP.1998.818934     Document Type: Conference Paper

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