what im saying is in order to meet 0 we must meet some type of balance.. imagine that when the positive plate is pulsed it makes protons jolt away (Accelerate) from the positive plate.. and will also pull on the electrons in the form of vacuum...
the negative side does the same but i would say electrons are easier to jolt (accelerate) then protons are in the
the acceleration of the time reversed (positive) travels from the positive plate toward the negative plate... the negative plate is creating a wave that is accelerating toward the positive plate... for there to be balance the reversed waves must collide in the center of the gap at the same accelerated speed.. when they reach each other i think this is the point of dielectric break down and the pulse is terminated to allow the water exhange of momentum to perform work and return to ground state....
if this is true then the higher potential means higher frequency since due to a higher potential pulse the acceleration of the wave of energy across the cell means u will hit the dielectric breakdown point quicker...
just think of how much less energy is needed to generate motion in a electron with a external field compared to a bundle of joined protons ... then imagine if you were to give the electrons more routes and opportunities to cross the gap (contaminates) you would need a way to counter that to find balance (tunable negative choke)