Effect of air breakdown on microwave pulse energy transmission |
(color online) Microwave pulse electric field (a), mean electron energy (b), and electron number density (c) as a function of time at p = 2 Torr (1 Torr = 1.33322 × 102 Pa), f = 2.45 GHz, t p = 12 ns, and E m = 2500 V/cm. |