1The Library
Everything written for the high-voltage and high-current pulser and laser diode driver line in one place: application briefs that frame each use case in a page, and technical notes on driving fundamentals. The reference handbook in the sidebar goes deeper still on high-power pulse generation.
2Laser Diode & Pockels Cell Driving
Fast, low-jitter switching and current drive for laser cavities, diodes, and diode arrays.
| Document | Title | Access |
|---|---|---|
| Application Brief | Pockels Cell & Q-Switch Driving Fast high-voltage, low-jitter switching for laser cavity control. | Read online |
| Application Brief | Laser Diode & Array Driving Driving diode lasers, bars, and arrays. QCW versus CW, and compliance-voltage budgeting. | Read online |
| Technical Note | Driving Laser Diodes Safely Current-source versus voltage drive, compliance voltage, QCW and CW operation, output protection, and low-inductance cabling. | Read online |
3Ranging & Mass Spectrometry
Fast, repeatable pulses for time-of-flight ranging and extraction-grid deflection.
| Document | Title | Access |
|---|---|---|
| Application Brief | LiDAR & Rangefinding Fast, repeatable current pulses for ranging and detection, with the PCO-7121 and PCO-6141. | Read online |
| Application Brief | Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry Deflection and extraction-grid pulsing for TOF instruments, led by the PVX-4141 and PVX-4110. | Read online |
4Directed Energy, Accelerators & Kickers
High-current array driving and beam-kicking pulses for directed-energy and accelerator systems.
| Document | Title | Access |
|---|---|---|
| Application Brief | Directed-Energy & HEL Systems High-current array driving for high-energy-laser front ends, built on DEI heritage. | Read online |
| Application Brief | Accelerators & Beam Kickers Beam kicking and deflection with PVX pulse generators and PNC supplies. | Read online |
5Detector Gating & HV Test
Gating detectors and biasing them safely at high voltage.
| Document | Title | Access |
|---|---|---|
| Application Brief | Electro-Optic Modulation & Gating Detector gating and modulation for MCPs, PMTs, and image intensifiers. | Read online |
| Application Brief | HV Test & Detector Biasing High-voltage test and PMT or detector biasing with PNC and PNChp supplies. | Read online |
6Choosing & Driving Fundamentals
Matching a pulser to your load, and the physics behind rise time and edge shaping.
| Document | Title | Access |
|---|---|---|
| Technical Note | Selecting an HV Pulse Generator Matching voltage range, capacitive load, rise time, droop, duty cycle, and built-in monitors to your application. | Read online |
| Technical Note | Capacitive-Load Pulsing The physics of rise time, slew rate, and capacitance. I = C times dV/dt, average-power budgeting, and ringing in totem-pole stages. | Read online |
| Technical Note | How Do I Slow the Rise Time of My Voltage Pulser? Series-RC edge shaping versus added output capacitance, resistor voltage rating, non-inductive selection, and stacking for high voltage. | Read online |
Cited in peer-reviewed research
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