CO2 Laser: First test

CO2 Laser: First test

I wire the tube and test it with my homemade transformer (Inspire by this site) and a ZVS driver.

First test

On the first test the vacuum was too poor, so the plasma was filamentous. Form the left to the right you can see my vacuum pump, with a final vacuum of 15 microns, the 30V 5amps max power supply, the ZVS inverter with the transformer just behind and the tube with the plasma starting form the center.

Few tests later

On this picture the plasma is fully form, the power supplied about 5 amps at 30 volts. The tube contain only air no CO2 yet.