Title :
Characteristics of a TEA-CO/sub 2/ laser oscillation by an inductive energy storage pulsed power system
Author :
Ihara, S. ; Kamatani, M. ; Satoh, S. ; Yamabe, C. ; Akiyama, H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Saga Univ., Japan
Abstract :
A pulsed-power technology is used to develop a gas laser system. Blumlein generators, magnetic compression and capacitor-transfer type circuits, can be applicable as such power supplies. However, inductive energy storage pulsed-power generators can probably realize more lightweight, compact and high-power laser systems. Experiments of TEA-CO/sub 2/ laser oscillation were carried out using an inductive energy storage pulsed-power generator and an efficiency of laser oscillation of 3.9% was obtained and this was compared with the capacitor-transfer type method.
Keywords :
carbon compounds; gas lasers; inductive energy storage; laser accessories; power supplies to apparatus; pulse generators; pulsed power technology; 3.9 percent; CO/sub 2/; TEA-CO/sub 2/ laser oscillation characteristics; gas laser system; inductive energy storage; laser oscillation efficiency; pulsed power system; Electrodes; Energy storage; Fuses; Gas lasers; Laser fusion; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Pulsed power supplies; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Pulsed Power Conference, 1995. Digest of Technical Papers., Tenth IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Albuquerque, NM, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2791-8
DOI :
10.1109/PPC.1995.599735
