@inproceedings{7a88679fecac45f09391f11519b45149,
title = "Time resolved plasma characterization in a long conduction time planar plasma opening switch",
abstract = "A planar 6-cm × 10-cm, 6-chain flashboard was powered by a 0.4-μF capacitor charged to 17 kV. Each flashboard chain was grounded through a separate 100-nH inductor to assure homogeneous discharge. This flashboard coated with graphite generates 1-2 × 1013 ions/cm3, and 3-4 eV mostly C+ and C++ plasma with a directed velocity away from the flashboard of about 10 cm/μs and a transverse spread rate of only 1.5 cm/μs. The density and temperature of the flashboard plasma were determined using spectroscopic data coupled with a collisional-radiative model. This measurement was then compared to photographs obtained with a framing camera recording all visible light in 5 ns. The flashboard source was then used in a long conduction time planar POS (plasma opening switch) experiment. Framing photographs show the presence of current as bright areas, where extra energy is dissipated by the current-carrying electron flow and shows up as light emission. First experiments conducted with a gap on only 9 mm between the planar electrodes may have been dominated by denser, colder, 'secondary' plasmas evolved from the electrodes.",
author = "Adler, {L. K.} and Baranga, {A. Ben Amar} and Greenly, {J. B.} and Hammer, {D. A.} and N. Qi",
year = "1991",
month = dec,
day = "1",
language = "English",
isbn = "0780301471",
series = "91 IEEE Int Conf Plasma Sci",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers",
pages = "104",
booktitle = "91 IEEE Int Conf Plasma Sci",
address = "United States",
note = "1991 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science ; Conference date: 03-06-1991 Through 05-06-1991",
}