Plasma generation and plume expansion for a transmission-mode microlaser ablation plasma thruster

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-56

  Keidar, Michael ^a   Boyd, Iain D ^a   Luke, James ^b   Phipps, Claude ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c PHOTONIC ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINETIC ABLATION MODEL; MICROLASER-ABLATION PLASMA THRUSTER; PLASMA GENERATION; PLASMA PLUME EXPANSION;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CURRENT DENSITY; DEPOSITION; ELECTROSTATICS; EVAPORATION; GAS DYNAMICS; LASER BEAMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA DEVICES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

LASER ABLATION;

EID: 3142724142     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1753658     Document Type: Article

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