Laser spark plug development

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  McIntyre, Dustin L ^a   Woodruff, Steven D ^a   Richardson, Steven W ^a   McMillian, Michael H ^a   Gautam, Mridul ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINES; Q SWITCHED LASERS;

BRAKE MEAN EFFECTIVE PRESSURES; ELECTRICAL INPUTS; FOCAL INTENSITY; HIGH PRESSURE; LASER SPARK; LASER-DIODE SIDE-PUMPED; OPTICAL INTENSITIES; PASSIVELY Q-SWITCHED LASERS;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 85072423461     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2007-01-1600     Document Type: Conference Paper

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