I've been thinking about running C-W Co2 lasers with a capacitor
and a PFN with current limiting. I'm understand that overdriving a
tube won't get more power, it will just saturate and stop lasing.
What I thought was that a 2mA PSU for charging is far
more simple and allows battery power to be used for a
longer time.
The capacitor would be charged to the ignition voltage of
the tube, and supply power from say 22Kv to 16Kv as it discharges.
The PFN would lengthen the pulse and the current limiting
would stop the tube saturating.
I'm going to the largest hamfest in my state (No I don't own it,
I just reside in it) and I'm looking for devices that lase.
I hope to find a Co2 tube there, but a C-W HV PSU is beyond my
construction skills.
If anyone is interested, or will be there, it's the Morrabbin hamfest.
I'd like to know if I'm a raging lunatic or not, and if the idea has any
merit.
Regards
Lachlan
and a PFN with current limiting. I'm understand that overdriving a
tube won't get more power, it will just saturate and stop lasing.
What I thought was that a 2mA PSU for charging is far
more simple and allows battery power to be used for a
longer time.
The capacitor would be charged to the ignition voltage of
the tube, and supply power from say 22Kv to 16Kv as it discharges.
The PFN would lengthen the pulse and the current limiting
would stop the tube saturating.
I'm going to the largest hamfest in my state (No I don't own it,
I just reside in it) and I'm looking for devices that lase.
I hope to find a Co2 tube there, but a C-W HV PSU is beyond my
construction skills.
If anyone is interested, or will be there, it's the Morrabbin hamfest.
I'd like to know if I'm a raging lunatic or not, and if the idea has any
merit.
Regards
Lachlan