A Small and Light Thyratron Grid Driver

Abstract

The Laser Isotope Separation Program at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is aggressively developing Copper Vapor Laser's (CVL's) for use as dye laser exciters. These CVL's require high voltage (>10 kilovolts), high peak current (>1200 amps}, and operate at high repetition rates (up to 12 kilohertz) with fast current risetimes (<50 nanoseconds). Thyratrons are typically used to provide the required pulsed energy to the lasers. Three to five inch ceramic thyratrons, such as EG&Gs' HY-1802 or ITTs' F-117, are now used depending upon the application. To trigger these thyratrons a low jitter, reliable and compact-pulser was developed by the laboratory.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA638481

Entities

People

  • Randall I. Ross

Organizations

  • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Circuits
  • Dye Lasers
  • Frequency
  • Governments
  • High Voltage
  • Isotope Separation
  • Lasers
  • Liquid Dye Lasers
  • Power
  • Power Supplies
  • Pulsed Power
  • Repetition Rate
  • Short Circuits
  • Switching
  • Thyratrons
  • Waveforms

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy