DocumentCode
1634134
Title
High voltage exciter for copper vapor laser
Author
Smilanski, I.
Author_Institution
NCRN, Beer Sheva, Israel
Volume
2
fYear
1999
Firstpage
919
Abstract
A method of generating a differential 100 kV is demonstrated, so that the potential relative to ground does not exceed 50 kV. Up to 40 kW of average power at 5 kHz, 40 ns rise time have been achieved in that way. In recent years, several publications have indicated that increasing the voltages applied to high power copper vapor lasers (CVL) may result in increased laser power and efficiency. Obviously, the higher the voltage, the more severe are the technical difficulties involved.
Keywords
copper; exciters; gas lasers; laser accessories; pulse generators; pulsed power supplies; 100 kV; 40 kW; 40 ns; 5 kHz; 50 kV; Cu; copper vapor laser; differential voltage generation; high-voltage exciter; laser efficiency; laser power; pulsed power supply; rise time; Circuit faults; Copper; Laser excitation; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Pulse modulation; Pulse transformers; Pulsed laser deposition; Voltage;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Pulsed Power Conference, 1999. Digest of Technical Papers. 12th IEEE International
Conference_Location
Monterey, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
0-7803-5498-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PPC.1999.823665
Filename
823665
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