Retrotech
Trigger Coil
Over 7-1/2" of xenon easily triggered with a hand wound trigger coil. A very special thanks to Dr. Lindsay Wilson for his help and direction in locating parts and winding the coil - it works very well.
A microwave oven transformer is charged to 775 volts and is discharged through the primary in this setup. I plan to use the lamp with 3 large HV capacitors (in background in the following photo, behind the blue cylinder shaped electrolytic capacitors), for a total storage of around 750 joules.
I plan to attempt to pump the larger of the two rods, in the following photo ...
I suspect it to be either Nd:Glass or Nd:Yag, however, I am not certain. Like Nd:Yag and Nd:Glass, it changes color under different lighting. However, it is more purple than the Nd:Glass rods I have (the Nd:Glass rods look bluer). It could also be Nd:Glass, and just be a different kind of glass than ones I have. It is 9" long.
Trigger Coil
Over 7-1/2" of xenon easily triggered with a hand wound trigger coil. A very special thanks to Dr. Lindsay Wilson for his help and direction in locating parts and winding the coil - it works very well.
A microwave oven transformer is charged to 775 volts and is discharged through the primary in this setup. I plan to use the lamp with 3 large HV capacitors (in background in the following photo, behind the blue cylinder shaped electrolytic capacitors), for a total storage of around 750 joules.
I plan to attempt to pump the larger of the two rods, in the following photo ...
I suspect it to be either Nd:Glass or Nd:Yag, however, I am not certain. Like Nd:Yag and Nd:Glass, it changes color under different lighting. However, it is more purple than the Nd:Glass rods I have (the Nd:Glass rods look bluer). It could also be Nd:Glass, and just be a different kind of glass than ones I have. It is 9" long.