Laser-powered multi-newton thrust space engine with variable specific impulse

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7005, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Phipps, Claude R ^a   Luke, James R ^a,c   Helgeson, Wesley ^b  

^a PHOTONIC ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b NMT/IERA   (United States)

^c AEgis Technologies Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Energetic polymer; Fiber laser; Laser propulsion; Space propulsion; Specific impulse

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; FUELS; LASER ABLATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASERS; LIQUID FUELS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION;

ENERGETIC POLYMER; FIBER LASER; HIGH-POWER LASERS; INTERACTION REGION; LASER FOCUSING; LASER PROPULSION; MICRO THRUSTERS; OPTICAL SURFACES; PHOTONIC; PRACTICAL METHODS; PULSED LASERS; SOLID FUELS; SPACE PROPULSION; SPACECRAFT ORIENTATION; SPECIFIC IMPULSE;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 50249131124     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.786459     Document Type: Conference Paper

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