Hi guys, I am currently working on developing Holmium-YAG LASER for medical purposes. I am using a xenon flash lamp for pumping,
The specifications for the same are-

Outside diameter- 5mm



Inside Diameter--4mm


Arc length--- 115mm


Type-- xenon


Envelope material-- cerium doped qurtz


Pressure--- 700 Torr

Now in the prototype model, I am using simmer circuit made up with huge resistors and transformers and what not (I haven't designed the circuit)!! This simmer works perfectly fine but the resistors and transformers are heating up and overall it makes my machine very bulky.

Now I understand that the simmer circuit provides the high voltage pulse to flash lamp initially for arc to establish (600V in our case) and after that it maintains the constant current (365mA in our case) through the flash lamp.

What I understand is that the household tube light choke also does the same work. So can we use tube light choke as the simmer circuit for LASER? IF we can't then why? And if we can then what are the precautions that should be taken (I don't want to lose my flash lamp)?