中国物理B ›› 2019, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (5): 55202-055202.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/28/5/055202

• PHYSICS OF GASES, PLASMAS, AND ELECTRIC DISCHARGES • 上一篇    下一篇

Temporal and spatial evolution of air-spark switch plasmainvestigated by the Mach-Zehnder interferometer

Jie Huang(黄杰), Lin Yang(杨林), Hongchao Zhang(张宏超), Lei Chen(陈磊), Xianying Wu(吴先映)   

  1. 1 College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China;
    2 Institute of Electronic Engineering, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China;
    3 Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
  • 收稿日期:2018-12-19 修回日期:2019-03-04 出版日期:2019-05-05 发布日期:2019-05-05
  • 通讯作者: Lin Yang E-mail:fuyunyufeng@163.com

Temporal and spatial evolution of air-spark switch plasmainvestigated by the Mach-Zehnder interferometer

Jie Huang(黄杰)1,2, Lin Yang(杨林)2, Hongchao Zhang(张宏超)3, Lei Chen(陈磊)2, Xianying Wu(吴先映)1   

  1. 1 College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China;
    2 Institute of Electronic Engineering, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China;
    3 Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
  • Received:2018-12-19 Revised:2019-03-04 Online:2019-05-05 Published:2019-05-05
  • Contact: Lin Yang E-mail:fuyunyufeng@163.com

摘要: An air-spark switch plasma was diagnosed by the Mach-Zehnder laser interferometer with ultra-high spatial and temporal resolution. The interferograms containing plasma phase shift information at different time were obtained. The phase shift distributions of the plasma were extracted by numerically processing the interferograms. The three-dimensional (3D) electron density distributions of the air-spark switch plasma were then obtained. The working process of the air-spark switch was described by analyzing the temporal and spatial evolution of the plasma electron density.

关键词: air-spark switch, Mach-Zehnder laser interferometer, arc channel, electron density

Abstract: An air-spark switch plasma was diagnosed by the Mach-Zehnder laser interferometer with ultra-high spatial and temporal resolution. The interferograms containing plasma phase shift information at different time were obtained. The phase shift distributions of the plasma were extracted by numerically processing the interferograms. The three-dimensional (3D) electron density distributions of the air-spark switch plasma were then obtained. The working process of the air-spark switch was described by analyzing the temporal and spatial evolution of the plasma electron density.

Key words: air-spark switch, Mach-Zehnder laser interferometer, arc channel, electron density

中图分类号:  (Plasma switches (e.g., spark gaps))

  • 52.75.Kq
52.80.-s (Electric discharges) 07.60.Ly (Interferometers)