G. Kirkman

High-power pseudospark and BLT switches

K. Frank, E. Boggasch, J. Christiansen et al. · IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science · 1988 · 145 citations · Full text

Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science +10

Low pressure, light initiated, glow discharge switch for high power applications

G. Kirkman, Martin A. Gundersen · Applied Physics Letters · 1986 · 78 citations

Natural Sciences, Electrical Engineering, Physics +10

An analysis of the anomalous high-current cathode emission in pseudospark and back-of-the-cathode lighted thyratron switches

Werner Hartmann, Vince Dominic, G. Kirkman et al. · Journal of Applied Physics · 1989 · 76 citations

Natural Sciences, Electrical Engineering, Physics +12

Flash-lamp-triggered high-power thyratron-type switch

G. Kirkman, Werner Hartmann, Martin A. Gundersen · Applied Physics Letters · 1988 · 63 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Electrical Engineering, Physics +15

Evidence for large-area superemission into a high-current glow discharge

Werner Hartmann, Vince Dominic, G. Kirkman et al. · Applied Physics Letters · 1988 · 55 citations

Natural Sciences, Electrical Engineering, Physics +15