Light Activated 10 kV Low Jitter Pulser

Abstract

An optically activated 10 kV pulser was designed to provide low jitter, long life, reliable triggering of ignitrons, trigatron, or midplane triggered spark gaps in high voltage electrically noisy environments. For midplane triggered spark gaps, a step-up transformer is also required. The input to a fibre optic cable is a 9.5 watt injection laser diode. The pulser detects and amplifies the fibre optic cable output to 10 kV.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA636460

Entities

People

  • John D. Galbraith

Organizations

  • Los Alamos National Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Amplifiers
  • Detectors
  • Diodes
  • Environment
  • High Voltage
  • Ignitrons
  • Laser Diodes
  • Lasers
  • Long Life
  • Nanosecond Time
  • New Mexico
  • Optical Detectors
  • Pulse Amplifiers
  • Pulsed Power
  • Semiconductors
  • Spark Gaps

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Optical Fiber Sensing and Electromagnetic Propagation.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy