Applying a compensated pulsed alternator to a flashlamp load for NOVA
Abstract
The compensated pulsed alternator (CPA), a large rotating machine that will convert mechanical, rationally stored energy into a single electrical impulse of very high power, is discussed. It is being optimized for driving flashlamps in a very large NOVA Nd:glass laser system. A circuit that will provide start-up current and assist in triggering the flashlamps is described and tested with a 200 kilojoule capacitor bank. Formulae that will assist in matching the flashlamp load to any given size CPA machine are also presented.
- Publication:
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Presented at the Pulsed Power Conf
- Pub Date:
- June 1979
- Bibcode:
- 1979pupo.reptQ....C
- Keywords:
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- Flash Lamps;
- Laser Outputs;
- Lasers;
- Pulse Generators;
- Ac Generators;
- High Impulse;
- Power Supply Circuits;
- Trigger Circuits;
- Lasers and Masers