Measurement of vircator ultra-short solitary electromagnetic pulses

conference paper

English

In connection with the events of the last few years and with the increased number of terrorist activities, the problem of identification and measurement of electromagnetic weapons or other systems impact occurred. Among these are also microwave sources, which can reach extensive peak power of up to Pmax = 250 MW. Solitary, in some cases several times repeated, impulses lasting from tp =1, 60ns, cause the destruction of semiconductor junctions. These days we can find scarcely no human activity, where semiconductor structures are not used. The problem of security support of the air traffic, transportation, computer nets, banks, national strategic data centers, and other applications crops up. Several types of system protection from the ultra-short electromagnetic pulses present itself, passive and active protection. The analysis of the possible measuring methods, convenient for the identification and measurement of the ultra-short solitary electromagnetic pulses is presented in this paper; some of the methods were chosen and used for practical measurement.

Ultra-short electromagnetic puls, high power microwave generator, calorimetric method, magneto-optical effect, multilayer sensor, vircator, semiconductors.

FIALA, P.; DREXLER, P.; STEINBAUER, M.

2005

10. 5. 2005

WDD 2006

Kauai Beach Hotel and ResortLihue; United States

978-153864848-3

WDD 2006 - Proceedings

2006 International Waveform Diversity and Design Conference

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