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A Pulse Power Supply for a Metal Vapor Laser Using IGBTs  

진정태 (한국원자력연구소)
차병헌 (한국원자력연구)
김철중 (한국원자력연구)
이흥호 (충남대학 전기공학과)
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The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers C / v.53, no.8, 2004 , pp. 415-419 More about this Journal
Abstract
A pulse power supply using IGBTs and MPC (magnetic pulse compression) circuit was developed for a metal vapor laser. The life time of the pulse power supply is expected to be much longer than that of a vacuum tube or thyratron type pulse power supply. A series-connected IGBT array generated a long pulse of its pulse width 2 ${\mu}\textrm{s}$ md then it was compressed to less than 100 ns by a three stage MPC circuit. This pulse power supply was applied to a laser plasma tube of 10 mm inner diameter and 0.5 m discharge length. and successfully operated.
Keywords
IGBT; Pulse Power Supply; Copper Vapor Laser; Metal Vapor Laser;
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