Claims
- 1. A magnetic compression laser driving circuit comprising
- a laser,
- means for generating a first series of voltage pulses having a first duration where said pulses have a first amplitude,
- magnetic compression means for compressing said first series of voltage pulses to generate a second series of voltage pulses having a second, compressed duration and a second amplitude, larger than said first amplitude, said magnetic compression means including multi-stage switch means where the last stage of said switch means has at least two turns and a sufficient amount of magnetic core material contained therein to provide increased efficiency of operation of said circuit with said at least two turns, and
- means for applying said second series of pulses to said laser to effect generation of a series of laser pulses corresponding to said second series of voltage pulses.
- 2. A circuit as in claim 1 wherein said magnetic transformer switch means of said last stage includes three turns.
- 3. A circuit as in claim 1 wherein said means for generating includes thyratron means.
- 4. A circuit as in claim 1 wherein said means for generating includes solid state means.
- 5. A circuit as in claim 1 wherein said laser is a metal vapor laser.
- 6. A circuit as in claim 1 wherein said laser is a rare gas laser.
- 7. A circuit as in claim 1 wherein said first series of pulses has a pulse duration of approximately 1.5 microseconds.
- 8. A circuit as in claim 7 wherein said first amplitude is approximately 20 Kilovolts.
- 9. A circuit as in claim 8 wherein said second pulse duration is approximately 40 nanoseconds.
- 10. A circuit as in claim 9 wherein said second amplitude is approximately 60 Kilovolts.
- 11. A magnetic compression load driving circuit comprising
- a load,
- means for generating a first series of voltage pulses having a first duration where said pulses have a first amplitude,
- magnetic compression means for compressing said first series of voltage pulses to generate a second series of voltage pulses having a second, compressed duration and a second amplitude, said magnetic compression means including multi-stage switch means where the last stage of said switch means has at least two turns and a sufficient amount of magnetic core material contained therein to provide increased efficiency of operation of said circuit with said at least two turns, and
- means for applying said second series of pulses to said load.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 915,163 filed Sep. 25, 1986 abandoned.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The U.S. Government has rights in this invention pursuant to Contract No. W-7405-ENG-48 between the U.S. Department of Energy and the University of Calif. for the operation of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
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