Laser initiation of explosives

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4760, Issue II, 2002, Pages 700-705

  Singh, Manpreet ^a   Sethi, V S ^a  

^a Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory   (India)

Author keywords

High power laser beam coupling; Laser Initiation; Optical fiber; Threshold energy

Indexed keywords

DETONATION; EXPLOSIVES; HIGH POWER LASERS; LASER BEAMS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; RADIATION;

LASER INITIATION;

LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0036444670     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.482067     Document Type: Conference Paper

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