Research Article

Development of a Novel Launch System Microwave Rocket Powered by Millimeter-Wave Discharge

Figure 9

Filamentary plasma structures observed in experiments: (a) 170 GHz, 1.5 GW/m2 [34, 35]; (b) 35 GHz, 0.14 GW/m2 [40]; (c) 110 GHz, 35 GW/m2, 0.8 atm [41]; (d) 28 GHz, 0.59 GW/m2, 1 atm. [44]. k and E, respectively, denote the wave number vector and the electric field vector of an incident beam.
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