The perforated solar sail: Its application to interstellar travel

JBIS - Journal of the British Interplanetary Society

Volumn 56, Issue 7-8, 2003, Pages 255-261

  Matloff, Gregory L ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extrasolar probes; Interstellar travel; Metal grid mesh optical theory; Perforated lightsails; Solar sails

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIVITIES; EXTRASOLAR; HISTORICAL REVIEW; INTERSTELLAR TRAVEL; ITS APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL THEORY; PERFORATED LIGHTSAILS; RESTRICTIVE CONDITIONS;

ALUMINUM; PROBES; SOLAR SAILS; SPACE FLIGHT;

SOLAR EQUIPMENT;

EID: 2942693330     PISSN: 0007084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. R. L. Forward, "Alternate Propulsion Energy Sources, " AFRPL 83-039 and AFRPL 83-067, USAF Rocket Propulsion Laboratories.
2. R. L. Forward, "Starwisp : An Ultralight Interstellar Probe", Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 22, pp. 345-350, 1985.
3. E. Mallove and G. Matloff, The Starflight Handbook, Wiley, NY (1989).
4. D. Spieth and R. Zubrin (Appendix by C. Christensen), "Ultra-Thin Solar Sails for Interstellar Travel, " Phase I Final Report, NIAC CP-99-02.
5. G. L. Matloff, "An Approximate Hetereochromatic Perforated Light-Sail Theory, " IAA-95-IAA.4.1.01, presented at 46th International Astronautical Congress, Oslo, Norway (Oct. 1995).
6. G. L. Matloff, Deep-Space Probes, Springer-Praxis, Chichester, UK, 2000.
7. W. G. Driscoll and W. Vaughan (eds.), Handbook of Optics, McGraw-Hill, NY, 1978, Chap. 8.
8. E.A. Lewis and J.P. Casey Jr., "Electromagnetic Reflection and Transmission by Gratings of Resistive Wires", J. Applied Physics, 23, pp. 605-608, 1952.
9. J. P. Casey Jr. and E. A. Edwards, "Interferometer Action of a Parallel Pair of Wire Gratings", JOSA, 42, pp. 971-977, 1952.
10. R. Ulrich, "Far-Infrared Properties of Metallic Mesh and its Complementary Structure", Infrared Physics, 7, pp. 37-55, 1967.
11. R. Ulrich, "Effective Low-Pass Filters for Far Infrared Frequencies", Infrared Physics, 7, pp. 65-74, 1967.
12. R. D. Rawcliffe and C. M. Randall, "Metal Mesh Interference Filters for the Far Infrared", Applied Optics, 6, pp. 1353-1358, 1967.
13. K. D. Moller and W. G. Rothschild, Far-infrared Spectroscopy, Wiley-lnterscience, NY, pp. 35-127, 1971.
14. K. D. Moller, K. A. Farmer, D. V. P. Ivanov, O. Sternberg, K. P. Stewart, and P. Lalanne, "Thin and Thick Cross Shaped Metal Grids", Infrared Physics and Technology, 40, pp. 475-485, 1999.
15. S. D. Hart, G. A. Maskaly, B. Temelkuran, P. H. Prideaux, J. D. Joannopoulos, and Y. Fink. "External Reflection from Omnidirectional Dielectric Mirror Fibers", Science, 296, pp. 510-513, 2002.
16. G. A. Landis, "Dielectric Films for Solar and Laser-Pushed Lightsails, " in Space Technology and Applications International Forum-2000, ed. M. S. El-Genk, American Institute of Physics, c/o Springer-Verlag, NY, 2000.
17. W. L. Wolfe, Handbook of Military Infrared Technology, Office of Naval Research, Washington D. C., p. 349, 1965.
18. J. D. Jackson, Classical Electrodynamics, Wiley, NY, 1962.
19. M. Dressel and G. Gruner, Electrodynamics of Solids, Cambridge UP Press, Cambridge, UK, 2002.
20. D. R. Lide ed., CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 80th ed., CRC, NY, 1999.
21. K. Ya Kondratyev, Radiation in the Atmosphere, Academic, NY, Chap. 5., 1969.
22. W. C. Livingston, "Sun", in Allen's Astrophysical Quantities, 4th. ed., A. N. Cox, ed., Springer-Verlag, NY (2000), Chap. 14.
23. C. R. Mclnnes, Solar Sailing, Springer-Praxis, Chichester, UK, 1999.
24. M. G. deSan, "The Ultimate Destiny of an Intelligent Species : Everlasting Nomadic Life in the Galaxy", JBIS, 34, pp. 219-237, 1981.
25. G. K. O'Neill, "The Colonization of Space", Physics Today, 27, No. 9, pp. 32-40, Sept. 1974.
26. G. K. O'Neill, The High Frontier, Morrow, NY (1977).
27. A. R. Martin, "World Ships - Concept, Cause, Cost, Construction, and Colonization", JBIS, 37, pp. 243-253, 1984.
28. G. L. Matloff and E. Mallove, "Solar Sail Starships: the Clipper Ships of the Galaxy", JBIS, 34, pp. 371-380, 1981.
29. G. L. Matloff and E. Mallove, "The Interstellar Solar Sail: Optimization and Further Analysis", JBIS, 36, pp. 201-209, 1983.
30. G. L. Matloff and C. B. Ubell, "World Ships: Prospects for Non-Nuclear Propulsion and Power Sources", JBIS, 38, pp. 253-261, 1985.
31. G. L. Matloff, "Faster Non-Nuclear World Ships", JBIS, 39, pp. 475-485, 1986.
32. G. L. Matloff, "Interstellar Solar Sails: Projected Performance of Partially Transmissive Sail Films, " IAA-97-IAA.4.1.04, presented at 48th International Astronautical Congress, Turin, Italy, Oct. 1997.
33. G. L. Matloff, "Interstellar Solar Sailing: Comparison of Five Candidate Sail Materials, " IAA-99-IAA.4.1.09, presented at 50th International Astronautical Congress, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Oct. 1999.
34. G. L. Matloff and B. N. Cassenti, "Interstellar Solar Sailing: The Effect of Cable Radiation Pressure, " IAA.4.1-93-709, presented at 44th Congress of the International Astronautical Federation, Graz, Austria (Oct. 1993).
35. G. L. Matloff, "The Impact of Nanotechnology Upon Interstellar Solar Sailing and SETI", JBIS, 49, pp. 307-312, 1996.
36. G. L. Matloff, "Beyond the Thousand-Year Ark: Further Study of Non-Nuclear Interstellar Flight", JBIS, 36, pp. 483-489, 1983.
37. G. L. Matloff, G. Vulpetti, C Bangs, and R. Haggerty, "The Interstellar Probe (ISP) : Pre-Perihelion Trajectories and Application of Holography", NASA/CR-2002-211730.
38. J. T. Kare, "SailBeam: Space Propulsion by Macroscopic Sail-Type Projectiles, " in Space Technology and Applications International Forum-2001, ed. M. S. Genk, American Institute of Physics, 2001.
39. G. A. Landis, "Interstellar Flight by Particle Beam, " in Space Technology and Applications International Forum-2001, ed. M. S. Genk, American Institute of Physics, c/o. Springer-Verlag, NY, 2001.
40. T. W. Ebbessen, H. J. Lezac, H. F. Ghaemi, T. Thio, and P. A. Wolff, "Extraordinary Optical transmission Through Sub-Wavelength Hole Arrays", Nature, 391, pp. 667-669, 1998.
41. C. G. Wu and T. Bein, "Conducting Carbon Wires in Ordered, Nanometer-Sized Channels", Science, 266, pp. 1013-1015, 1994.
42. D. H. Pearson and R. J. Tonucci, "Nanochannel Glass Replica Membranes", Science, 270, pp. 68-70, 1995.
43. S. Y. Chou, P. R. Krauss, and P. J. Renstrom, "Imprint Lithography with 25-Nanometer Resolution", Science, 272, pp. 85-87, 1996.