A SIMPLE AND RELIABLE 100 KHZ ALL-SOLID-STATE THYRATRON DRIVER FOR PULSED-LASER APPLICATIONS

Authors
JONES DR MAITLAND A LITTLE CE
Citation
Dr. Jones et al., A SIMPLE AND RELIABLE 100 KHZ ALL-SOLID-STATE THYRATRON DRIVER FOR PULSED-LASER APPLICATIONS, Measurement science & technology, 5(5), 1994, pp. 560-562
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Instument & Instrumentation",Engineering
Journal title
Measurement science & technology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09570233
Volume
5
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
560 - 562
Database
ISI
SICI code
0957-0233(1994)5:5<560:ASAR1K>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
An inexpensive, high repetition rate (1 to 100 kHz), thyratron driver has been developed which employs a single solid state switch. The driv er delivers an unloaded 1.5 kV positive trigger pulse superimposed ont o a negative 300 V recovery voltage to the thyratron trigger grid. The voltage rate of rise (> 1 0 kV mus-1) results in low-trigger jitter ( less than the 5 ns resolution of the diagnostic apparatus). The driver has been used to trigger a thyratron in the excitation circuit of a c opper HYBRID laser at a pulse recurrence frequency of 70 kHz.