Influence of Surface Radius Curvature on Laser Plasma Propulsion with Ablation Water Propellant

LIANG Tian (梁田); ZHENG Zhiyuan (郑志远); ZHANG Siqi (张思齐); TANG Weichong (汤伟冲); XIAO Ke (肖珂); LIANG Wenfei (梁文飞); GAO Lu (高禄); GAO Hua (高华)

doi:10.1088/1009-0630/18/10/11

Plasma Science and Technology > 2016 > 18(10): 1034-1037. > DOI: 10.1088/1009-0630/18/10/11

LIANG Tian (梁田), ZHENG Zhiyuan (郑志远), ZHANG Siqi (张思齐), TANG Weichong (汤伟冲), XIAO Ke (肖珂), LIANG Wenfei (梁文飞), GAO Lu (高禄), GAO Hua (高华). Influence of Surface Radius Curvature on Laser Plasma Propulsion with Ablation Water Propellant[J]. Plasma Science and Technology, 2016, 18(10): 1034-1037. DOI: 10.1088/1009-0630/18/10/11

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Influence of Surface Radius Curvature on Laser Plasma Propulsion with Ablation Water Propellant

School of Science, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China

Funds: supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 10905049) and Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (Nos. 53200859165, 2562010050)

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Received Date: October 25, 2015

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The surface shape of liquid water is well controlled during nanosecond pulse laser ablation plasma propulsion. In this study, we measured the effect of the shape on the coupling coefficient and the specific impulse. We found that the coupling coefficient and specific impulse could be optimized by varying the surface convexity. Based on the analysis of the surface radius curvature, we demonstrate that the convex surface changes the laser focal positions to achieve high efficiency.
- plasma propulsion,
- liquid propellant,
- surface shape

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