1982
DOI: 10.1063/1.93173
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Electrical excitation of an XeCl laser using magnetic pulse compression

Abstract: Excitation of a small repetitively pulsed XeCl laser by a magnetic pulse compressor (MPC) is reported. The MPC makes use of a saturable inductor constructed out of relatively low frequency ferrites. It compresses a 300-ns pulse into a 50-ns pulse, enabling a low di/dt, long life thyratron to drive a fast discharge laser. The laser has operated at 750 Hz for several hours with an average optical output power of 3.5 W.

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“…However, this can be mitigated by implementing magnetic pulse compression, which is a standard technique for increasing the peak current and reducing rise time of the pulse using saturable inductors [46]. Compression factors of over 5 times have been demonstrated for projects associated with excimer laser development [47]. This implies that the circuit rise-time can be reduced from ∼500 ns to ∼100 ns while the 10-kA theristor's peak current can be simultaneously increased to ∼50 kA, as is required for a TW-class laser.…”
Section: Roadmap To Next-generation Ultrafast Co 2 Lasersmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, this can be mitigated by implementing magnetic pulse compression, which is a standard technique for increasing the peak current and reducing rise time of the pulse using saturable inductors [46]. Compression factors of over 5 times have been demonstrated for projects associated with excimer laser development [47]. This implies that the circuit rise-time can be reduced from ∼500 ns to ∼100 ns while the 10-kA theristor's peak current can be simultaneously increased to ∼50 kA, as is required for a TW-class laser.…”
Section: Roadmap To Next-generation Ultrafast Co 2 Lasersmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Ο χρόνος ζωής τους όμως ελαττώνεται κατά πολύ, όταν λειτουργούν κάτω από συνθήκες υψηλού φόρτου που απαιτούνται για την παραγωγή υψηλής ισχύος. Αυτό έχει σαν αποτέλεσμα τη χρησιμοποίηση τους τα τελευταία χρόνια μαζί με μαγνητικούς διακόπτες (Baker 1986) (Smilanski 1982). Πρόσφατα, λόγω του ότι υπάρχουν διαθέσιμοι στο εμπόριο ημιαγωγοί υψηλής ισχύος, γίνεται προσπάθεια να χρησιμοποιηθούν διακόπτες από τέτοιους ημιαγωγούς για να αντικαταστήσουν τα κυκλώματα των λυχνιών thyratron.…”
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