The Microwave Spark
- 1 March 1948
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 73 (5) , 496-509
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.73.496
Abstract
Electrical breakdown of air was studied at 3 microwave frequencies: wave-lengths of 1.25 cm, 3 cm, and 10 cm. Breakdown field strength was determined as a function of pressure, gap height, intensity of initial ionization, width of a single microwave pulse which sufficed for breakdown, and the pulse repetition frequency.Keywords
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