Breakdown of the atmosphere by emission from a millimeter-wave free-electron maser
- 15 November 1983
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 43 (10) , 922-924
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.94181
Abstract
Production of an atmospheric pressure air breakdown plasma using the emission from a short-pulse millimeter-wave free-electron maser is used to demonstrate frequency tunability over the range 50–100 GHz, via breakdown standing wave patterns, and very high peak power.Keywords
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