Laser flash lamp triggering circuit

Patent · Tue May 17 00:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:7001956

Tye, G E; Montner, J

This patent describes a laser system including: (a) a solid state lasing material mounted in an optical cavity; (b) a flash lamp including a pair of electrodes positioned adjacent to the solid state lasing material for optically pumping the solid state lasing material; (c) a D.C. power supply including energy storage means coupled in series with the flash lamp electrodes to establish a D.C. current flow path between the storage means and the lamp electrodes; (d) a triggering circuit path connected in parallel with the flash lamp electrodes and connected to the D.C. current path for periodically supplying high voltage triggering pulses to the flash lamp electrodes to initiate ionization of the gas in the lamp and to initiate optical pumping of the lasing material; and (e) saturable reactor means connected in the D.C. current flow path between the point of connection of the triggering circuit to the current flow path and the energy storage means of the power supply.

• Assignee: General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY
• Patent Number(s): US 4745613
• OSTI ID: 7001956
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 9 Jan 1987
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING
SOLID STATE LASERS
TRIGGER CIRCUITS
DESIGN
DC SYSTEMS
LASER CAVITIES
LASER MATERIALS
LIGHT BULBS
OPTICAL PUMPING
OPTICAL SYSTEMS
ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
ENERGY SYSTEMS
LASERS
MATERIALS
POWER SYSTEMS
PULSE CIRCUITS
PUMPING
420300* - Engineering- Lasers- (-1989)