Solid-state laser-pumped high-power electric-discharge HF laser

Abstract

We report the possibility of creating high-power nonchain electric-discharge HF lasers with an all-solid-state pump source. The maximum energy stored in the pump source capacitors based on solid-state FID-switches is 990 J for the open-circuit voltage of 240 kV. The pulse energy of 30 J is obtained in the hydrogen-containing SF6 mixture at the electric efficiency of the order of 3%.