Evaluation of bidirectionally conducting thyratrons for pulsed excimer lasers
Abstract
New applications for excimer lasers in industry and defense programs are discussed. Many of the these programs have very stringent requirements of lifetime, reliability, and power that are not available commercially. Power conditioning systems capable of driving excimers with reliable lifetimes of 5 billion pulses were built with off the shelf components. The requirements and life test performance of three types of thyratrons designed specifically for driving excimer lasers and also the life of associated components are discussed.
- Publication:
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Presented at the 16th Power Modulator Symp
- Pub Date:
- 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984pomo.symp...18M
- Keywords:
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- Excimer Lasers;
- Pulsed Lasers;
- Service Life;
- Thyratrons;
- Evaluation;
- Laser Outputs;
- Optical Pumping;
- Waveforms;
- Lasers and Masers