EFFECTS OF SIMMER CURRENT ON FLASH-LAMP IMPEDANCE AND THEIR COMBINED INFLUENCE ON THE OUTPUT OF THE HO,CR,TM-YAG LASER

Authors
BARTON TG GUTTENBERGER R FOTH HJ
Citation
Tg. Barton et al., EFFECTS OF SIMMER CURRENT ON FLASH-LAMP IMPEDANCE AND THEIR COMBINED INFLUENCE ON THE OUTPUT OF THE HO,CR,TM-YAG LASER, Applied optics, 34(12), 1995, pp. 2004-2011
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Applied optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036935
Volume
34
Issue
12
Year of publication
1995
Pages
2004 - 2011
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(1995)34:12<2004:EOSCOF>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
The increase in dope efficiency and the reduction of the laser thresho ld of a flash-lamp-pumped Ho,Cr,Tm:YAG laser that are due to increased flash-lamp efficiency when the current of the de simmer is increased are described. Investigations of the electrical characteristics of the flash lamp as a function of the simmer current prove that the flash-l amp impedance decreases to a constant value when the de simmer current is increased. As a consequence an increase of the peak current throug h the flash lamp is observed, which improves the flash-lamp efficiency .