A cylindrical array of exploding conductors embedded in a solid dielectric for pumping a laser

Claim 2

A circularly rotatable upon the long axis, light-emitting electrically explodable conductor assembly which comprises a phased array of peripherally spaced explodable conductors embedded within a cylindrical, transparent and blast-resistant body member characterized as a dielectric solid having transparent window portions optically coupled to the said explodable conductors, and electrical contact electrodes affixed to the ends of the said spaced explodable conductors and rising to the top and bottom surfaces of the said cylindrical body member, whereby upon passage of the said assembly between spaced electrical energy exploding electrodes connected to a source of electrical energy the circuit is closed through the said conductors with the explosion in phased array of same, and means for rotating the said conductor assembly upon its long axis so that said electrical contact electrodes are sequentially connected to said electrical energy electrodes so that sequential bursts of light are emitted from said exploding conductors.

Claim 3

An exploding conductor system for the generation of laser light pulses which comprises the combination of laser generator optically coupled with a rotatable cylindrical body member of transparent, dielectric shock constraining solid having a phased array of explodable conductors embedded therein, each of the said conductors having a pair of electrodes in communication with the surface of said cylindrical body member, each of the said conductors and its electrodes being dielectrically spaced apart from the others within the said body member; an electrical energy source adapted to explode the said conductors, said source being switchably connected with circuit closing lead members positioned to close circuit with the said electrodes and through the said conductor; means for rotating the said body member and enstructured explodable conductors and electrodes such that the electrodes successively close circuit with the said circuit closing lead members, whereby to inducE explosion in the conductors in phased array and concurrently constrain the shock energy while releasing the light generated in the said explosion to the optically coupled laser generator, whereby to generate the said laser light pulses.

Claim 4

An exploding conductor system for the generation of laser light pulses which comprises the combination of laser generator optically coupled with a rotatable cylindrical body member of transparent, dielectric shock constraining solid having a phased array of explodable conductors embedded therein, each of the said conductors having a pair of electrodes in communication with the surface of said cylindrical body member, each of the said conductors and its electrodes being dielectrically spaced apart from the others within the said body member; an electrical energy source adapted to explode the said conductors, said source being switchably connected with circuit closing lead members positioned to close circuit with the said electrodes and through the said conductor; means for rotating the said body member and enstructured explodable conductors and electrodes such that the electrodes successively close circuit with the said circuit closing lead members, whereby to inducE explosion in the conductors in phased array and concurrently constrain the shock energy while releasing the light generated in the said explosion to the optically coupled laser generator, whereby to generate the said laser light pulses.