Pulsed Power For Repetitively Pulsed High-Power Discharge Lasers

S. E. Ball; R. N. Hitchcock; H. G. Hammon III

doi:10.1117/12.938045

18 May 1987 Pulsed Power For Repetitively Pulsed High-Power Discharge Lasers

S. E. Ball, R. N. Hitchcock, H. G. Hammon III

Proceedings Volume 0735, Pulse Power for Lasers; (1987) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.938045
Event: OE LASE'87 and EO Imaging Symposium, 1987, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

For modulators driving high-power discharge lasers, themajor system issues are system performance, efficiency, output voltage and risetime, and required electrical output characteristics dictated by the design of the laser cavity. From the system issues, modulator trade-offs are determined; these design trade-offs include shape of the output waveform from the modulator, switching approach for the modulator, grounding and shielding of the modulator with respect to the laser load, and interaction between the laser and the modulator.

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S. E. Ball, R. N. Hitchcock, and H. G. Hammon III "Pulsed Power For Repetitively Pulsed High-Power Discharge Lasers", Proc. SPIE 0735, Pulse Power for Lasers, (18 May 1987); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.938045

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