240 kJ/s and 120 kJ/s power supplies for high regulation, minimum unplanned downtime applications

Digest of Technical Papers. Tenth IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference Pub Date : 1995-07-03 DOI:10.1109/PPC.1995.599819

K. Harris, F. Cathell, B. E. Strickland, J. Crawford, M. Jung, W. Mayerhofer, T. Schweizer, E. Zeyfang

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Maxwell Laboratories, Inc. (MLI) has designed, delivered and tested power supplies rated at 240 kJ/s, 50 kV and 120 kJ/s, 30 kV to DLR for use in a high-power, pulsed CO/sub 2/ laser. The optical performance of this electron-beam sustained laser with an active volume of 20 liters and a transversal gas flow is strongly dependent on the shot-to-shot repeatability of the power supply(s). Testing of the power supplies was performed by operating the electron-beam and main discharge pulse forming networks (PFNs) into a resistive load at the maximum repetition-rate of the laser, 100 Hz, for the rated burst length of 1000 pulses. The PFN was switched using a rep-rate spark gap pressurized with compressed air to less than 3 atm of pressure. The regulation (shot-to-shot repeatability) of the 240 kJ/s supply operating at 40-45 kV was

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240kj /s和120kj /s的高调节电源，最小的意外停机应用

麦克斯韦实验室公司(MLI)设计，交付和测试了额定功率为240 kJ/s, 50 kV和120 kJ/s, 30 kV至DLR的电源，用于高功率脉冲CO/sub 2/激光。这种电子束持续激光器的光学性能具有20升的有效体积和横向气体流，强烈依赖于电源的弹对弹的可重复性。电源测试是通过将电子束和主放电脉冲形成网络(pfn)以激光的最大重复率100 Hz、额定爆发长度为1000脉冲的电阻负载进行的。PFN是通过压缩空气加压到低于3atm的压力来切换的。在40-45 kV工作的240 kJ/s电源的调节(弹间重复性)

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