| Title |
A Pulse Power Supply for a Metal Vapor Laser Using IGBTs |
| Keywords |
IGBT ; Pulse Power Supply ; Copper Vapor Laser ; Metal Vapor Laser |
| Abstract |
A pulse power supply using IGBTs and MPC (magnetic pulse compression) circuit was developed for a metal vapor laser. The life time of the pulse power supply is expected to be much longer than that of a vacuum tube or thyratron type pulse power supply. A series-connected IGBT array generated a long pulse of its pulse width 2 μ textrm{s} md then it was compressed to less than 100 ns by a three stage MPC circuit. This pulse power supply was applied to a laser plasma tube of 10 mm inner diameter and 0.5 m discharge length. and successfully operated. |