HELIUM_NEON_LASER_POWER_SUPPLY_WITH_HV_PULSE_IGNITION

Published:2009/7/16 21:48:00 Author:Jessie | From:SeekIC

The helium-neon laser requires two voltages: a voltage in the range of 10 kV that starts the laser and then turns off once the discharge begins, and a lower-voltage power supply to sustain the dis-charge. The circuit diagram illustrates one method of generating the laser ignition voltage. A fraction of the main supply voltage is used to charge up a capacitor. When triggered, it is discharged through a high-voltage ignition transformer in series with the main power supply output. When the supply is first turned on, a delay circuit allows the main supply to stabilize at full voltage and charge up the capacitor. A nonlatching relay operates to discharge the capacitor into the ignition coil on a one-shot basis after the timing delay. The HV diode in series with the ignition coil and the capacitor across the supply rectifies the damped oscillatory waveform out of the ignition coil, producing a single positive pulse across the laser tube to ionize the gas in the laser. Once the laser is ignited by the HV pulse, the main power supply maintains the discharge.



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