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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 1987
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roderick S Taylor, Gloucester, CA;
Kurt E Leopold, Carp, CA;
Assignee:
Canadian Patents and Development Limited, Ontario, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S / ; H01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
372 86 ; 372 57 ;
Abstract
A novel excitation scheme has been developed for discharge lasers. The technique uses an auxiliary circuit based upon pulse transformer technology to induce a fast, high voltage pulse directly onto a ground potential laser electrode resulting in the breakdown of the laser gas mix. Saturation of the pulse transformer core inductance then permits the efficient 'switching' of the main energy storage circuit into the discharge.