Optimization of high-power microwave (HPM) device parameters for maximum air transmission

Robert A. Roussel-Dupre

doi:10.1117/12.147481

8 July 1993 Optimization of high-power microwave (HPM) device parameters for maximum air transmission

Robert A. Roussel-Dupre

Proceedings Volume 1872, Intense Microwave Pulses; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.147481
Event: OE/LASE'93: Optics, Electro-Optics, and Laser Applications in Scienceand Engineering, 1993, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

In this paper a new frequency scaling law that greatly reduces computational requirements and at the same time incorporates the nonlinear effects inherent to HPM propagation is discussed. Results of a comparison between predictions of air breakdown thresholds made using the frequency scaling law and experimental data taken at various frequencies are presented. The scaling law is implemented in an existing HPM propagation code and has been used recently to develop a new predictive capability that calculates the optimum energy, power, and antenna requirements necessary to transmit a desired fluence. These capabilities provide both the accuracy and rapid computational turnaround necessary for system studies that assess the effects of HPM propagation for particular HPM devices and that attempt to optimize device parameters for maximum air transmission. Samples of both forward propagation, predictive calculations and inverse, optimization calculations are presented.

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Robert A. Roussel-Dupre "Optimization of high-power microwave (HPM) device parameters for maximum air transmission", Proc. SPIE 1872, Intense Microwave Pulses, (8 July 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.147481

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