Pulsed laser propulsion performance of 11-cm parabolic 'bell' engines within the atomsphere

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5448, Issue PART 1, 2004, Pages 450-464

  Myrabo, L N ^a,c   Libeau, M A ^a   Meloney, E D ^a   Bracken, R L ^a   Knowles, T B ^b,d  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Energy Science Laboratories Inc   (United States)

^c Department of Engineering Physics ^*  (United States)

^d Energy Science Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLING COEFFICIENTS; LASER ENERGY; LASER FLUX; PULSED LASER PROPULSION;

BALLISTICS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DETONATION; FREQUENCIES; LASER OPTICS; LASER PULSES; PROPELLERS;

PROPULSION;

EID: 11844253260     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.547439     Document Type: Conference Paper

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