Measurement of ion acceleration characteristics of a laser-electrostatic hybrid microthruster for space propulsion applications

Vacuum

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 213-216

  Ono, Tomohisa ^a   Uchida, Yasufumi ^a   Horisawa, Hideyuki ^a   Funaki, Ikkoh ^b  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electric propulsion; Hybrid acceleration; Ion velocity measurement; Laser propulsion; Micro propulsion

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; COPPER; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROSTATICS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; LASERS; METALLIZING; PROPULSION; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; SPEED; TARGETS;

AVERAGE SPEED; COPPER TARGET; ELECTRIC PROPULSION; ELECTRODE GAPS; ELECTROSTATIC FIELDS; FARADAY CUPS; HYBRID ACCELERATION; ION ACCELERATIONS; ION VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; LASER IMPULSES; LASER PROPULSION; LASER TARGETS; LASER-PRODUCED PLASMA; MAXIMUM VELOCITY; MICRO PROPULSION; MICRO THRUSTERS; SPACE PROPULSIONS; TIME -OF-FLIGHT;

IONS;

EID: 49949086481     PISSN: 0042207X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vacuum.2008.03.098     Document Type: Article

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