Polymers as fuel for laser plasma thrusters a correlation of thrust with material and plasma properties by mass spectrometry

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6261 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Urech, Lukas ^a   Lippert, Thomas ^a   Phipps, Claude R ^b   Wokaun, Alexander ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b Thotonic Associates LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser plasma thruster; Mass spectrometry; Polymer; Thrust

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; LASER APPLICATIONS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PROPELLERS; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

GLYCIDYL AZIDE POLYMER (GAP); LASER PLASMA THRUSTER; MOMENTUM COUPLING COEFFICIENT; THRUST;

POLYVINYL CHLORIDES;

EID: 33747365339     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.672776     Document Type: Conference Paper

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