Abstract: A method for generating high peak power pulses in lamp pumped continuous lasers by current mixing is disclosed, in which three kinds of oscillations, i.e., pure continuous wave laser oscillation, pure pulse laser oscillation and mixed laser oscillation of continuous wave and pulse lasers are attained without replacing any internal components of the laser. The current mixing is implemented by combining a high peak pulse current from pulse mode power supply and a DC current from the continuous wave laser power supply directly with isolating diodes, whereby a high peak power pulse equivalent to several scores of times the output of a continuous wave laser is simultaneously obtained.

Abstract: A stable DC power system of high-voltage and good-output performance is provided by adding a 3-phase inverter, whereby modified waveform for an output control is produced and a filter to a conventional DC power system and by bridge-rectifying. The modified sinusoidal wave such as a varied wave whose upper portion ranging from 30.degree. to 150.degree. is flat of a 1/2 cycle of the sinusoidal wave, a modified wave whose portions ranging from 30.degree. to 90.degree. and from 90.degree. to 150.degree. are linear in a 1/2 cycle of the sinusoidal wave and a modified wave whose portions ranging from 30.degree. to 90.degree. and from 210.degree. to 270.degree. are recessed so as to be symmetrical with respect to a line in the whole cycle of the sinusoidal wave are used for reducing ripples of the output voltage after the 3-phase rectification.