TY - GEN
T1 - Strategies for multistage pulse compressor design and optimisation
AU - Swart, Piet H.
AU - Van Wyk, Jacobus D.
AU - Pretorius, Jan H.
AU - Von Bergmann, Hubertus M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 1992 IEEE.
PY - 1992
Y1 - 1992
N2 - Multi-stage series pulse compressors are increasingly employed in fields such as the excitation of high repetition rate, high power laser systems. Early work in this field concentrated mostly just on achieving workable systems. Recently, economic and technical considerations have become increasingly important and competition in the commercial market has brought both technical excellence and capital competitiveness to the fore. A new approach in design has therefore become necessary, in which the emphasis is placed, not only on technical performance, but increasingly also on economic considerations. In order to achieve this objective, new, fundamental definitions are required that quantitatively relate technical performance to capital and operating cost. This paper discusses a number of new definitions that will assist the designer in implementing a more cost-effective approach.
AB - Multi-stage series pulse compressors are increasingly employed in fields such as the excitation of high repetition rate, high power laser systems. Early work in this field concentrated mostly just on achieving workable systems. Recently, economic and technical considerations have become increasingly important and competition in the commercial market has brought both technical excellence and capital competitiveness to the fore. A new approach in design has therefore become necessary, in which the emphasis is placed, not only on technical performance, but increasingly also on economic considerations. In order to achieve this objective, new, fundamental definitions are required that quantitatively relate technical performance to capital and operating cost. This paper discusses a number of new definitions that will assist the designer in implementing a more cost-effective approach.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85068185508&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/MODSYM.1992.492661
DO - 10.1109/MODSYM.1992.492661
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85068185508
T3 - 20th Conference Record on Power Modulator Symposium, MODSYM 1992
SP - 205
EP - 208
BT - 20th Conference Record on Power Modulator Symposium, MODSYM 1992
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 20th Conference on Power Modulator Symposium, MODSYM 1992
Y2 - 23 June 1992 through 25 June 1992
ER -