High power water switches: postbreakdown phenomena and dielectric recovery
Xiao, S.; Kolb, J.; Kono, S.; Katsuki, S.; Joshi, R.P.; Laroussi, M.; Schoenbach, K.H.
Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, IEEE Transactions on
Volume 11, Issue 4, Aug. 2004 Page(s): 604 - 612
Digital Object Identifier   10.1109/TDEI.2004.1324350
Summary:The physical processes following the electrical breakdown of water between planar and hemispherical electrodes separated by a sub-millimeter gap have been studied using electrical and optical diagnostics. The expanding plasma column after breakdown generates first shockwaves and at a later stage a vapor bubble which expands for about 200 μs and then decays with a time constant of I ms. The bubble decay time determines the dielectric recovery of the switch as has been shown with pulse-probe experiments.

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