The Electra repetitive pulsed power design, results and advanced studies

Author

Carboni, V. ; Kishi, H. ; Weidenheimer, D. ; Morton, D. ; Smith, I. ; Schlitt, L. ; Sethian, J. ; Myers, M. ; Webster, Y.

fYear

2000

fDate

26-29 June 2000

Firstpage

29

Lastpage

34

Abstract

Electra is an R&D program to develop a durable, efficient, high energy, repetitively pulsed average power krypton flouride (KrF) laser. The first generation pulsed power system for the program is based on transformer and gas insulated spark gap technologies. The system has been installed at the Naval Research Laboratory and was recently tested at 5 Hz and the full 1 MV output voltage for over 100,000 shots. This paper describes the circuit and ancillaries of this system as well as the most recent test results including electrode erosion rates.

Keywords

electrodes; laser beam applications; power transformers; project engineering; pulsed power supplies; pulsed power switches; spark gaps; 1 MV; 5 Hz; Electra repetitive pulsed power design; KrF laser; R&D program; US Naval Research Laboratory; electrode erosion rates; gas-insulated spark gap technology; pulsed power system; test results; transformer technology; Circuit testing; Gas lasers; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Power transformer insulation; Pulse power systems; Pulse transformers; Research and development; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Modulator Symposium, 2000. Conference Record of the 2000 Twenty-Fourth International

Conference_Location

Norfolk, VA, USA

ISSN

1076-8467

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5826-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MODSYM.2000.896157

Filename

896157