Thanks for the comment, just learned something new today. I thought magnetic pulse compressors are only for physics experiments and EMP weapons, never knew they are used in photolithography.

Mass production. Thousands of units. When I learned this engineering, I briefly looked around for other contemporary applications. I couldn’t find a single one! Other than research and defense, pulse power is only applicable to driving pulsed lasers with very short upper state lifetimes. And magnetic pause compression, not being cheap, is only applicable in high repetition rate systems. Hence excimer lasers in the semiconductor industry.