laser energy storage discharge circuit

Characterization of ceramic capacitors for high-voltage pulse-discharge ...

Energy-storage, high-current, pulse discharge capacitors have been of interest for some time in applications such as weapon firing sets, trigger circuits and laser power sources. For high reliability and temperature stability reasons, these capacitors have typically utilized Mylar or mica-paper dielectrics for high-voltage applications in the 2 ...

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(PDF) Discharge lasers pumped by generators with …

This paper reports the construction of a full-scale discharge laser system pumped by a generator with inductive energy storage and semiconductor opening switches and gives the results of its operation on H (C H )–SF …

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Fast Discharge Circuit for Longitudinally Excited Laser

esulting in a long laser pulse (e.g., 3 ms in Ref [8]). Recently, we have reported that a fast discharge in a longitudinally excited CO2 laser produces a short. laser pulse, like TEA and Q-switched CO2 lasers [6, 7].Our previous CO2 laser, using a traditional capacitor-transfer circuit, produced a spike pulse width of 103.3 ns, a pulse t. il.

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Using the UltiMod to Charge Capacitors for Laser Driving …

Capacitor Discharge Circuit Due to the amount of energy stored in the capacitor bank there may be a requirement (to meet the Safety Standards of the final application) to …

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Effects of tunable circuit parameters on pulsed discharge and …

High-pressure, pulsed discharge-pumped XeCl excimer lasers are operating in the ultraviolet range at a wavelength of 308 nm. In this paper, a one …

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Discharge processes of UV pre-ionized electric-discharge pulsed DF laser

The LC inversion circuit used in our non-chain pulse DF laser for investigating the processes of discharge is presented schematically in Fig. 1. C 1 and C 2 are storage capacitances of main electrodes and pre-ionization electrodes. C 3 is peaking capacitance and L is delay inductance. L 1, L 2 are charging inductances and SG is rotary …

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Discharge lasers pumped by generators with inductive energy …

A longitudinal N/sub 2/ laser, transverse discharge nonchain HF laser, and CO/sub 2/ laser are developed based on this pumping technique. Output energies of 0.6 …

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Generation of long pulse excimer laser using a novel auto

This circuit is capable of generating fast rising voltage pulses necessary for creating the glow discharge. The sustainer circuit consists of main energy storage unit made of a 20 nF capacitors bank (or 30 nF) and a saturable inductor (L S2) made of Ni–Zn ferrites, provides electrical energy to the discharge gas medium for

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Long pulse UV and VUV gas discharge lasers

uniform volume discharge. When the length of the laser electrodes and C were increased to 100 cm an 550 nF, respectively, the laser pulse duration. at the base of 450 ns and duration at half-maxim ...

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Schematic setup of TEA nitrogen laser. | Download Scientific …

Blumlein discharge circuit stores electrical energy in its transmission line and can release this energy within a few nanoseconds. This leads the Blumlein to discharge circuit for many ...

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Effects of tunable circuit parameters on pulsed discharge and input-output characteristics of a XeCl excimer laser …

5% (output energy of 1.26 J) are obtained when Cp=1.12 Cs, where Cs is the storage capacitor in the MPC circuit. ... within 10% for the discharge current and laser energy is obtained. Evolution ...

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Energy storage

Energy storage is the capture of energy produced at one time for use ... In the discharge process electrons are pushed out of the cell as lead sulfate is formed at the negative electrode while the electrolyte is reduced to water. ... (1.2 microsecond) discharges needed to operate a dye laser. A capacitor (originally known as a ''condenser'') is a ...

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Prospects for Improving the Energy Characteristics of a Copper …

The electrophysical process in the discharge circuit of a copper vapor laser (CVL) with an LT-10Cu industrial gas discharge tube is studied. It is shown that the …

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Research on control of instantaneous high power pulse energy …

1. Introduction. Electromagnetic launcher uses electric energy to accelerate objects. The instantaneous discharge circuit is established by using energy storage elements such as capacitors to realize energy conversion [1].Electromagnetic emission uses electric energy, which has high controllability and little damage to the environment, and …

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Simulation and Analytical Analysis of the Blumlein Discharge Circuit ...

Blumlein discharge circuit stores electrical energy in its transmission line and can release this energy within a few nanoseconds. This leads the Blumlein to discharge circuit for many ...

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(PDF) Design of Nanosecond Pulse Driver Circuit

Turn on, the energy storage capacitors at all levels discharge the load resistor in series, and instantly output a 1500V voltage pulse. After the discharge is completed, the triode is turned off ...

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Fast Discharge Circuit for Longitudinally Excited Laser

in the longitudinal excitation scheme, producing a high spike laser pulse, we propose an excitation circuit without a buffer capacitance, and call this circuit a direct-drive circuit. …

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Performance model of vacuum arc thruster with inductive energy storage circuit …

Typical discharge curves of the inductive energy storage circuit with the vacuum arc thruster head. A solid aluminum electrolytic capacitor of approximately 2500 μF was used. According to the datasheet, the equivalent series resistance of the capacitor was approximately 0.01 Ω.

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Design and construction of prototype transversely ...

The present TEA nitrogen laser design has based on Blumlein line discharge circuit as shown in Fig. 1, which is used to excite air within few nanoseconds in the laser discharge channel Fig. 2, the equivalent circuit of Blumlein design has shown.The present design consists of two parallel plate capacitors, C 1 and C 2 located …

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Electron beam switched discharge for rapidly pulsed lasers

Method and apparatus for electrical excitation of a laser gas by application of a pulsed voltage across the gas, followed by passage of a pulsed, high energy electron beam through the gas to initiate a discharge suitable for laser excitation.

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Enhancing supercapacitor performance through design …

Galvanostatic charge/discharge curves are commonly used to characterize the electrochemical behavior of energy storage devices, such as supercapacitors, by measuring the amount of charge that can ...

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Design and demonstration of micro-scale vacuum cathode arc …

Based on the energy storage circuit developed by Schein et al. [30], we tried to design a preliminary pulse discharge circuit and improve the circuit. Finally, the inductor storage circuit suitable for this experiment was designed and displayed in Fig. 7. Download : Download high-res image (155KB) Download : Download full-size image; Fig. 7.

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High efficiency discharge-pumped XeCl laser | Semantic Scholar

An X-ray preionized 0: 7l active volume discharge- pumped XeCl laser is described. A simple CLC resonant charging pumping scheme has been used. A specific laser en- ergy of about 5J = lat the efficiency of > 5:5% with respect to the electrical energy stored in the driving capacitors has been reached. A standard deviation< 0: 2% was …

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Usage of Energy Storage Capacitors in TE Gas Laser Pulsers

[Show full abstract] the triggering discharge and the gas composition in the triggered parallel spark preioniser.Research Highlights Reliable optical triggering of a switch less TEA CO2 laser has ...

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Pulse Discharge Capacitors

Cornell Dubilier''s high energy storage, pulse-discharge capacitors are designed and built in the USA, with voltage ratings up to 100 kV and peak discharge current ratings of up to 250 kA. ... Industrial & Medical Laser, High Power Lasers, Diagnostic Imaging Equipment, MARX Generator Banks, Electro-Magnetic Pulse Forming (EMP), Flash Lamp ...

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Energy storage of the atomic carbon laser in an electrical discharge

Energy storage of the atomic carbon laser in an electrical discharge M.S. Zediker, M.A. Prelas,a> and G. H. Miley University of Illinois, Fusion Studies Laboratory, 103 South Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801 (Received I May 1984; accepted for publication 24 October 1984) An experimental investigation of the atomic carbon laser''s energy …

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Design of a high current protection inductor for the high energy …

A solenoid protection inductor is designed in this paper, which is applied to the energy storage capacitor bank of a large laser fusion facility. The inductor needs to limit the short-circuit current to within 100 kA and absorb nearly 1 MJ discharge energy when a

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Pumping of discharge gas lasers by generators with inductive …

Longitudinal N2-laser with inductive energy storage unit and semiconductor opening switch is investigated. It is shown that pumping by inductive energy storage unit reduced the …

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Triggered parallel discharge in laser-ablation spark

For example, Nassef et al. used a 0.25 μF capacitor as the energy storage unit in the circuit of the spark discharge, the duration of the spark discharge reached to tens of microseconds [25]. Zhou et al. developed a fast discharge assisted LIBS technique in which the capacitance of the energy storage capacitor was only a few to tens of nF ...

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Laser-Induced Interdigital Structured Graphene Electrodes Based …

The rapidly developing demand for lightweight portable electronics has accelerated advanced research on self-powered microsystems (SPMs) for peak power energy storage (ESs). In recent years, there has been, in this regard, a huge research interest in micro-supercapacitors for microelectronics application over micro-batteries due …

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Bubble-driven flow enhancement of heat discharge of

It has a heat energy density that is 6–13 times higher than that of sensible energy storage device [1]. Latent heat energy storage uses phase-change materials (PCM) as its main material. Due to their high stability and high heat capacity, most PCMs have been considered as promising materials for thermal energy storage [2]. However, …

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Performance model of vacuum arc thruster with inductive energy storage ...

A vacuum arc thruster is a type of micro-thruster based on pulsed ablative vacuum arc discharge. A simple inductive energy storage circuit in a vacuum arc thruster is particularly suitable for CubeSats because of its compact size and low cost. In practice, it is necessary to predict the thruster performance with the given design parameters.

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Long-lived laser-induced arc discharges for energy channeling …

Metrics. Laser filamentation offers a promising way for the remote handling of large electrical power in the form of guided arc discharges. We here report …

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