Flash Pump Options

Hi again,

I took a chance and purchased a laser head on . The item text read:
"..., Model: -TM4, Laser head. It comes with the Flash lamp and a
Holmium rod already installed, which are in good condition. The Pump
Chamber holds a 4 by 89 Laser Rod. When installed on the laser head,
the pump chamber was capable of producing 15 Watts of power, when
pulsed at 5 or 2.2 Joules of energy. To produce that Power/Energy, the
Flashlamp was pulsed using a 1.5 Kilovolt, High Voltage Power Supply
with a pulse width of 200:s". I don't really have any delusions of
running this anywhere near the described output but would like to get
something 'noteworthy' out of it. I tried to locate tech. specs. but
haven't turned anything up so far and am trying to find a 'modest'
method to pump it without turning up a 1.5 power supply. Does anyone
have any idea if the installed tube can be driven with anything less
that the described power supply or should I carefully remove it and
look for an alternative? In the past and for different projects I have
taken multiple disposable cameras and used the trigger from one camera
to trigger 4 flashes as the same time, or what appeared to be at the
same time. Is there any value in heading back down that road with this
rod?

Searching for advice......

-Will

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