title: Flashlamp drive circuit optimization for lasers.
abstract: The recently published three-parameter theory (alpha,betaEpsilon (in)) for calculating flashlamp performance is used here to derive a simple Q-switched laser pumping optimization procedure. For a single LC driving circuit, it minimizes the energy stored in C at the start of pumping needed to produce the required E(s), the energy stored in the laser rod just before Q-switching. In addition to specifying the values of L, C, and the initial voltage V(0), the process indicates the maximum current i(m), the half peak current pulse width tau(i), and the negative overshoot current i(min), if present.
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Dishington