title: Novel transformer designs for high-power high-repetition-rate applications.
abstract: The construction technique and resulting electrical performance of high-voltage impulse transformers for ''pulser-sustained'' laser applications is presented. The compact structures exhibit excellent rise-time and power-handling capacity over a wide range of operating conditions. The distributed core geometry permits impulse power operation at several megawatts within the kilowatt average power regime. Reliable performance at a repetition rate of up to 40 kHz has been demonstrated. These simple condensed winding and torous core devices can be constructed in minutes and at negligible cost.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, T6G 2G7.
authors.forename: V E
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Merchant
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Seguin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dow