Preventing Thyratron Latching In The Driving Circuit Of A Low Impedance Copper Vapor Laser

Gyora Gal

doi:10.1117/12.944405

12 July 1988 Preventing Thyratron Latching In The Driving Circuit Of A Low Impedance Copper Vapor Laser

Gyora Gal

Proceedings Volume 0894, Gas Laser Technology; (1988) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.944405
Event: 1988 Los Angeles Symposium: O-E/LASE '88, 1988, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

Thyratrons tend to latch in the capacitor transfer circuit of our low impedance copper vapor laser. This is due to impedance mismatch between the laser plasma and the operating circuit, which causes a large returning inverse pulse from the laser head back to the circuit. The cause of the latching is explained in detail and a new circuit to overcome this problem without changing the input to the laser head, is described.

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Gyora Gal "Preventing Thyratron Latching In The Driving Circuit Of A Low Impedance Copper Vapor Laser", Proc. SPIE 0894, Gas Laser Technology, (12 July 1988); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.944405

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