Ultra High Speed Framing Camera for Dynamics of High Power Microwave Sources
Abstract
This program describes a research program to utilize an ultra-high speed, intensified (UHSI) framing camera as a diagnostic in high power microwave (HPM) experiments. The proposed camera system would provide unique capabilities and improve the understanding of plasma evolution within the HPM source, enhancing the DOD funded research already underway in the PI s laboratory. The issues to be addressed with the camera include improvement of pulse duration though imaging studies of diode closure, mapping cavity electric fields via time-resolved Stark broadening, optimization of cavity geometry through characterization of arc time evolution, determination of major contributions to endloss using time resolved measurement of Cherenkov radiation, improvement of start-up and pulse duration through analysis of cathode emission, and plasma initiation and evolution in dielectric breakdown.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Mar 23, 2016
- Source ID
- FA95501510419
Entities
People
- Nicholas Jordan
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- United States Air Force
- University of Michigan