Impulse generation using 300-J class laser with confinement geometries in air

Transactions of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 159, 2005, Pages 49-52

  Watanabe, Keiko ^a   Sasoh, Akihiro ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ablation; Impulse; Laser; Propulsion

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747367117     PISSN: 05493811     EISSN: 05493811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2322/tjsass.48.49     Document Type: Article

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