well i plan to build a tea co2 laser with the intent on creating an ionized air pathway to run high voltage through
any suggestions
currently i have built a cap bank made out of 300 photo-flash capacitors
its about 5KJ and 800v but can be modified to 1600v if needed
im aware that the inductance may be to high even with pre-ionization via UV spark gap
basically i would love some input on how i would go about building a tea co2
laser that has such a small pulse width that it will be able to ionize the air enough to make a conductive path im aware UV is better at this but HeNe lasers have such horrible efficiency
i can also conclude that i will need to implement a q-switch into the laser to achieve the pulse width required to ionize the air
as for the tea laser im wondering if i should go for an old skool Jacques Beaulieu design IE using multiple electrodes under resistors to force the "glow discharge" or Rogowski-profiled electrodes using a pre-ionizing discharge
i would love to keep it simple IE slab laser type construction
i already have X2 slabs of tempered glass im just hesitant to attempt to construct anything without more knowledge on the subject
any suggestions
currently i have built a cap bank made out of 300 photo-flash capacitors
its about 5KJ and 800v but can be modified to 1600v if needed
im aware that the inductance may be to high even with pre-ionization via UV spark gap
basically i would love some input on how i would go about building a tea co2
laser that has such a small pulse width that it will be able to ionize the air enough to make a conductive path im aware UV is better at this but HeNe lasers have such horrible efficiency
i can also conclude that i will need to implement a q-switch into the laser to achieve the pulse width required to ionize the air
as for the tea laser im wondering if i should go for an old skool Jacques Beaulieu design IE using multiple electrodes under resistors to force the "glow discharge" or Rogowski-profiled electrodes using a pre-ionizing discharge
i would love to keep it simple IE slab laser type construction
i already have X2 slabs of tempered glass im just hesitant to attempt to construct anything without more knowledge on the subject