Ablative laser propulsion: Determination of specific impulse from plasma iImaging

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5448, Issue PART 1, 2004, Pages 465-476

  Lin, Jun ^a   Thompson, M Shane ^b   Pakhomov, Andrew V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b Info Systems Laboratories Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

ICCD Imaging; Laser Ablation; Laser Propulsion; Laser Induced Plasma; Specific Impulse

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; DATA REDUCTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LASER ABLATION; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; LIGHT EMISSION; NEODYMIUM LASERS; SENSORS;

INTENSIFIED CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES (ICCD); LASER PROPULSION; PLASMA IMAGING; SPECIFIC IMPULSE;

PROPULSION;

EID: 11844305649     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.547120     Document Type: Conference Paper

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