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Comparative Measurement of Cable Gun Plasma Density with Biased and Air-Embedded Charge Collectors

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Low-temperature (∼eV) plasmas produced with cable guns or flash boards are the indispensable switching media for plasma opening switch (POS) used in pulsed power apparatus.1, 2 The determination of the plasma density is of interest to theoretical evaluation and experimental adjustment of the switch performance. Several diagnostic techniques have been developed to characterize the plasmas, including electrical probes,2–4 charge collectors,3, 4 microwave measurements,5 interferometry6, 7 and spectroscopy,8, 9 with charge collector being among simple and effective ones.

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  1. Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology, P.O. Box 69-1, 710024, Xi’an, P. R. China

    Zhengzhong Zeng & Yulan Chen

  2. Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710049, P. R. China

    Yuchang Qiu

  3. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, R3T 5V6, Canada

    Edmund Kuffel

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Zeng, Z., Chen, Y., Qiu, Y., Kuffel, E. (2004). Comparative Measurement of Cable Gun Plasma Density with Biased and Air-Embedded Charge Collectors. In: Christophorou, L.G., Olthoff, J.K., Vassiliou, P. (eds) Gaseous Dielectrics X. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8979-6_31

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