Recent advances in multipactor physics and mitigation

A Iqbal, DQ Wen, J Verboncoeur, P Zhang - High Voltage, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Recent progress made in the prediction, characterisation, and mitigation of multipactor
discharge is reviewed for single‐and two‐surface geometries. First, an overview of basic …

Multiple solutions in the theory of dc glow discharges and cathodic part of arc discharges. Application of these solutions to the modeling of cathode spots and patterns …

MS Benilov - Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
A new class of stationary solutions in the theory of glow discharges and plasma–cathode
interaction in ambient-gas arc discharges has been found over the past 15 years. These …

Higher harmonics in multipactor induced plasma ionization breakdown near a dielectric surface

DQ Wen, P Zhang, J Krek, Y Fu, JP Verboncoeur - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
In this Letter, the novel physics of higher harmonic (HH) generation of the normal electric
field near a dielectric surface is reported in multipactor induced plasma ionization …

Review of recent theories and experiments for improving high-power microwave window breakdown thresholds

C Chang, G Liu, C Tang, C Chen, J Fang - Physics of Plasmas, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
Dielectric window breakdown is a serious challenge in high-power microwave (HPM)
transmission and radiation. Breakdown at the vacuum/dielectric interface is triggered by …

Pressure dependence of plasma structure in microwave gas breakdown at 110 GHz

A Cook, M Shapiro, R Temkin - Applied physics letters, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
Recent studies of 110 GHz microwave discharges in air at atmospheric pressure have
demonstrated formation of a large array of quarter-wavelength-spaced plasma filaments …

Dynamics of plasma formation and gas heating in a focused-microwave discharge in nitrogen

AI Saifutdinov, EV Kustova - Journal of Applied Physics, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
A self-consistent extended fluid-dynamic model describing a focused microwave discharge
in a molecular gas is developed, and numerical simulations of the formation of plasmoids in …

Pattern formation and propagation during microwave breakdown

B Chaudhury, JP Boeuf, GQ Zhu - Physics of Plasmas, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
During microwave breakdown at atmospheric pressure, a sharp plasma front forms and
propagates toward the microwave source at high velocities. Experiments show that the …

Enhanced window breakdown dynamics in a nanosecond microwave tail pulse

C Chang, M Zhu, J Verboncoeur, S Li, J **e… - Applied Physics …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
The mechanisms of nanosecond microwave-driven discharges near a dielectric/vacuum
interface were studied by measuring the time-and space-dependent optical emissions and …

Dynamics of focused pulsed microwave discharge in air

AI Saifutdinov, EV Kustova, AG Karpenko… - Plasma Physics …, 2019 - Springer
The formation dynamics of the parameters of a microwave discharge in air localized at
electric field maxima created by a specially developed focusing system is investigated using …

Three dimensional simulations of pattern formation during high-pressure, freely localized microwave breakdown in air

K Kourtzanidis, JP Boeuf, F Rogier - Physics of Plasmas, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
Recent experiments have demonstrated that a freely localized 100 GHz microwave
discharge can propagate towards the microwave source with high speed, forming a complex …