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A magnetic pulse compression (MPC) circuit is used to investigate the operation of a thyratron and the output parameters of a copper chloride laser as a kind of halide copper vapor laser. The inverse voltage on the thyratron anode, maximum and rise time rate of the current, and losses of the thyratron are determined and compared in circuits with MPC and without MPC. Experimental data shows that, in the circuit with MPC, the lifetime of the thyratron is increased, and the output power of the laser is also increased by about 60%, while the width of the optical output is decreased by up to 53%.
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Behrouzinia, S., Namdar, A.R., Zand, M. et al. Effect of a magnetic pulse compression circuit on the operation of a halide laser. Laser Phys. 16, 1616–1620 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1054660X06120048
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1054660X06120048