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Laser Propulsion Experiments with High-Power Pulsed CO2 Laser
Schall, W.O. and Eckel, Hans-Albert and Riede, W. (2003) Laser Propulsion Experiments with High-Power Pulsed CO2 Laser. In: XIV Int. Symposium on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers and High-Power laser Conference, 5120, pp. 618-622. SPIE. XIV Int. Symposium on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers and High-Power laser Conference, Breslau (Wroclaw), 25.-30. 8. 2002. ISBN 0-8194-4980-6.
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Abstract
Pulsed laser propulsion may turn out as a low cost alternative for the transportation of small payloads in the mass range of 1 to 10 kg to high altitudes and low Earth orbits (LEO). Using a pulsed, electron beam-sustained multi-wavelength laser with pulse energies as high as 410 J in CO2 laser gas and possible repetition rates up to 100 Hz the launch of a Lightcraft has been demonstrated in the laboratory. A series of single pulse impulse measurements with a pendulum has been performed to derive the impulse coupling coefficient under various conditions. Simple plasma diagnostic and fluid dynamic investigations have been carried out as well.
| Document Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) | ||||||||
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| Additional Information: | LIDO-Berichtsjahr=2002, | ||||||||
| Title: | Laser Propulsion Experiments with High-Power Pulsed CO2 Laser | ||||||||
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| Date: | 2003 | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | XIV Int. Symposium on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers and High-Power laser Conference | ||||||||
| Volume: | 5120 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 618-622 | ||||||||
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| Publisher: | SPIE | ||||||||
| Series Name: | Proceedings of SPIE | ||||||||
| ISBN: | 0-8194-4980-6 | ||||||||
| Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Keywords: | Laser propulsion, Lightcraft, impulse coupling coefficient | ||||||||
| Event Title: | XIV Int. Symposium on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers and High-Power laser Conference, Breslau (Wroclaw), 25.-30. 8. 2002 | ||||||||
| Organizer: | Department of Electronics, Wroclaw University of Technology (Poland) | ||||||||
| HGF - Research field: | Energy | ||||||||
| HGF - Program: | Aeronautics | ||||||||
| HGF - Program Themes: | L - no assignement | ||||||||
| DLR - Research area: | Energy | ||||||||
| DLR - Program: | L - no assignement | ||||||||
| DLR - Research theme (Project): | L - Laser Research and Technology | ||||||||
| Location: | Stuttgart | ||||||||
| Institutes and Institutions: | Institute of Technical Physics | ||||||||
| Deposited By: | Dr.rer.nat. Hans-Albert Eckel | ||||||||
| Deposited On: | 16 Sep 2005 | ||||||||
| Last Modified: | 29 Apr 2010 20:55 |
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