Curiously, the most important CURRENT application of magnetic amplifiers was not mentioned. In every excimer laser used for photolithography and thin film pane

Curiously, the most important CURRENT application of magnetic amplifiers was not mentioned. In every excimer laser used for photolithography and thin film panel annealing, and possibly for LASIK, their is a multistage saturable inductor chain that compresses and amplifies the electrical pumping pulse generated by an IGBT or SCR switch. There are indeed few uses for this technology OTHER than the excimer laser.