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Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics

2017 year, number 12

Enhancement of pumping efficiency of a CuBr laser by means of modification of the discharge circuit

M.V. Trigub1,2, V.V. Vlasov1, D.V. Shiyanov1, V.B. Sukhanov1, V.O. Troitsky1
1V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, 1, Academician Zuev square, Tomsk, 634021, Russia
2National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, 30, Lenin Avenue, Tomsk, 634050, Russia
Keywords: СuBr-лазер, эффективность возбуждения, энерговклад, импульсный трансформатор, CuBr laser, efficiency, energy input, cable pulse autotransformet

Abstract

A technique is suggested for enhancement of the pumping efficiency of a CuBr laser by means of modifications of the discharge circuit with a cable pulse autotransformer. The results of using four different discharge circuits are described. The experiments were carried out under similar operating conditions of the active element and at a constant input power of the pumping source. The output power increases from 14 to 21 W with the use of autotransformer and peaking capacitor. The power increase is a result of a delay between GDT current and pumping voltage and different volume-temporal characteristic of the energy input into a charge. The technique suggested can be used in different applications.