Direct impulse measurements of ablation processes from laser-surface interactions

36th AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  D'Souza, Brian C ^a   Ketsdever, Andrew D ^b  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; LASER ABLATION; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; IMPULSE BALANCE; IMPULSE MEASUREMENT; IMPULSIVE FORCES; ND : YAG LASERS; ROBUST CALIBRATION; TRANSIENT FORCES;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 85085718572     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2005-5172     Document Type: Conference Paper

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