Forcing Power Supply of a Xenon Flash Lamp to Create a High Power Irradiation Facility

Abstract

The article describes the technical characteristics of the software-controlled power supply system for generation of second-long light pulses by means of INP‑16/580 xenon flash lamps. The amplitude-time characteristics of luminous emission in a quasi-arc mode of lamp operation are formed by computer control of temporal current pulse shape in case of large energy deposition overloads. Methods of optimisation of light and engineering characteristics were defined accounting for non-linearity of the load of the thyristor unit and ambiguity of the dependence of luminous radiation on discharge current. The data on maximum acceptable operation parameters of pulse lamps with mains supply and natural air cooling and the results of physical modelling of radiation pulses with complex shape are presented.