Title :
A Simple High-Voltage Opening Switch Using Spoiled Electrostatic Confinement
Author :
Alexeff, Igor ; Dyer, Fred
Abstract :
We have initiated and sustained a plasma discharge at pressures well below the Paschen minimum by trapping electrons in orbits around a positively charged wire. Spoiling the trapping process terminates the discharge and opens the circuit in spite of high voltage applied.
Keywords :
Breakdown voltage; Cathodes; Circuits; Electrodes; Electron traps; Electrostatics; Orbits; Plasma confinement; Switches; Wire;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPS.1980.4317295
