high energy helical xenon lamp

Test run of a high energy flash lamp that was made in the 1970s #shorts Helical lamps like this are obsolete for even flashlamp pumped lasers, so they are rarely made any more and are thus very difficult to find. Linear flashlamps are almost always a better option in driving solid state lasers. Not only are linear lamps more efficient for pumping laser media, they also have significantly lower inductance than a helical lamp. That being said, it is hard to top the beauty of these old helical lamps. Social media sillyness: main channel: instagram: patreon: backup channel and b-side videos: discord: