Abstract:The use of Spiker /sustainer circuitry for exciting excimer lasers is now well established due to its proven high performance. In spiker circuitry reported to date, the rate of rise of spiker voltage incident upon the laser head has been limited by both the turn -on time of the spiker circuit switching element and the spiker circuit inductance. Rise times achieved have generally been limited to between 5Ons and 2Ons depending upon whether a thyratron or rail -gap is used as the principal switching element. Thi… Show more
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