4 papers
Experimental study of atmospheric pressure single-pulse nanosecond discharge in pin-to-pin configuration
Xingxing Wang, Adam Patel, Sally Bane +1
In this work, we present an experimental study of nanosecond high-voltage discharges in a pin-to-pin electrode configuration at atmospheric conditions operating in single-pulse mod…
Thomson and Collisional Regimes of In-Phase Coherent Microwave Scattering Off Gaseous Microplasmas
Adam R. Patel, Apoorv Ranjan, Xingxing Wang +3
The total number of electrons in a classical microplasma can be non-intrusively measured through elastic in-phase coherent microwave scattering (CMS). Here, we establish a theoreti…
Combined Microwave and Laser Rayleigh Scattering Diagnostics for Pin-to-Pin Nanosecond Discharges
Xingxing Wang, Adam Patel, Alexey Shashurin
In this work, the temporal decay of electrons produced by an atmospheric pin-to-pin nanosecond discharge operating in the spark regime was measured via a combination of microwave R…
Liquid-Fed Pulsed Plasma Thruster for Propelling Nanosatellites
Adam R. Patel, Yunping Zhang, Alexey Shashurin
This paper presents a novel micropropulsion system for nanosatellite applications - a liquid fed pulsed-plasma thruster (LF-PPT) comprised of a Lorentz-force pulsed plasma accelera…