Materials for laser propulsion: "Liquid" polymers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7005, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Lippert, T ^a   Urech, L ^a   Fardel, R ^a,b   Nagel, M ^b   Phipps, C R ^c   Wokaun, A ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b Laboratory of Functional Polymers   (Switzerland)

^c PHOTONIC ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Energetic polymer; Laser plasma thruster; Liquid polymer; Plasma imaging; Shadowgraphy

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; LASER ABLATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER BEAMS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; LASERS; PLASMA DEVICES; PLASMA INTERACTIONS; PLASMAS; POLYMER SOLUTIONS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SOLUTIONS; STANDARDS; VISCOSITY;

ENERGETIC MATERIALS; ENERGETIC POLYMER; HIGH-POWER LASERS; LASER PLASMA THRUSTER; LASER PLASMAS; LASER PROPULSION; LIQUID POLYMER; MICRO LASERS; NOVEL CONCEPT; PLASMA IMAGING; SHADOWGRAPHY; SOLID MATERIALS; SPECIFIC IMPULSE; THRUST MEASUREMENTS; VISCOSITY SOLUTIONS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 50249127084     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.782867     Document Type: Conference Paper

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