A Parallel Thyratron Pulser with Magnetic Sharpening for Large HgBr Lasers

Rodney Petr; Charles Fisher; Tom Znotins; Terry DeHart; John McDaniel; Tom Burkes; J. J. Ewing

doi:10.1117/12.938038

18 May 1987 A Parallel Thyratron Pulser with Magnetic Sharpening for Large HgBr Lasers

Rodney Petr, Charles Fisher, Tom Znotins, Terry DeHart, John McDaniel, Tom Burkes, J. J. Ewing

Proceedings Volume 0735, Pulse Power for Lasers; (1987) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.938038
Event: OE LASE'87 and EO Imaging Symposium, 1987, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

We report on an electric discharge laser pulser that used three parallel thyratrons to drive a large, meter-long HgBr laser. By placing a magnetic sharpening switch between the thyratrons and the laser load, we were able to generate a 60 kV voltage,Rpike, and a 30 kA, 120 nS long current pulse with a rising front of approximately 1 x 10¹² A/S at the laserhead. This led to an optical output exceeding 2 J and an energy transfer efficiency of 1.7 percent.

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Rodney Petr, Charles Fisher, Tom Znotins, Terry DeHart, John McDaniel, Tom Burkes, and J. J. Ewing "A Parallel Thyratron Pulser with Magnetic Sharpening for Large HgBr Lasers", Proc. SPIE 0735, Pulse Power for Lasers, (18 May 1987); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.938038

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