Performance characteristics of laser propulsion engine operating both in CW and in repetitively-pulsed modes

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 830, Issue , 2006, Pages 3-13

  Rezunkov, Yu A ^a   Safronov, A L ^a   Ageichik, A A ^a   Egorov, M S ^a   Stepanov, V V ^a   Rachuk, V S ^b   Guterman, V Yu ^b   Ivanov, A V ^c   Rebrov, S G ^c   Golikov, A N ^c  

^a Research Institute for Complex Testing of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems Saint Petersburg   (Russian Federation)

^b Design Office of Chemical Automatics   (Russian Federation)

^c KELDYSH RESEARCH CENTER   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 33845414957     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2203241     Document Type: Conference Paper

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