Spatial and temporal characteristics of laser-induced air plasma

Collection of Technical Papers - 44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting

Volumn 23, Issue , 2006, Pages 17586-17595

  Kawahara, Nobuyuki ^a,c,d   Tomita, Eiji ^a,c   Nakayama, Takashi ^a,e   Ikeda, Yuji ^b,d,f   Nishiyama, Atsushi ^b,g  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Imagineering Inc   (Japan)

^c Mechanical Engineering   (Japan)

^d AIAA   (United States)

^e Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology   (Japan)

^f Wely Rokko 2nd Bldg ^*  (Japan)

^g R and D Division   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONIZATION; NITROGEN; Q SWITCHING; SOLID STATE LASERS;

CASSEGRAIN OPTICS; IONIZATION LEVELS; LASER-INDUCED AIR PLASMA;

LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS;

EID: 34250735165     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2006-1461     Document Type: Conference Paper

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