Energy conversion in laser propulsion III

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4760, Issue II, 2002, Pages 887-898

  Larson, C William ^a   Mead Jr , Franklin B ^a   Kalliomaa, Wayne M ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerospike; Air plasma; Carbon dioxide laser; Delrin; High power laser; Laser ablation; Laser propulsion; Lightcraft; Plasma propulsion; Plug nozzle

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ENERGY ABSORPTION; ENERGY CONVERSION; HIGH POWER LASERS; KINETIC ENERGY; LASER PULSES; MIRRORS; PROPELLANTS; PROPULSION; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMODYNAMICS;

LASER PROPULSION; PLASMA PROPULSION;

LASER ABLATION;

EID: 0036444635     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.482043     Document Type: Conference Paper

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