G. N. Grachev, V. N. Tishchenko, V. V. Apollonov, A. I. Gulidov, A. L. Smirnov, A. V. Sobolev, M. I. Zimin, “Stationary force produced by an optical pulsating discharge in a laser engine model”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 2007, Volume 37, Number 7,Pages <nobr>669

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Laser applications and other topics in quantum electronics

Stationary force produced by an optical pulsating discharge in a laser engine model

G. N. Grachev^a, V. N. Tishchenko^a, V. V. Apollonov^b, A. I. Gulidov^c, A. L. Smirnov^a, A. V. Sobolev^c, M. I. Zimin^a

^a Institute of Laser Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk
^b Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
^c Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk

Abstract: An optical pulsating discharge produced by repetitively pulses laser radiation (with a pulse repetition rate of up to 100 kHz) is studied in a cylindrical tube simulating the reflector of a laser engine. The pressure of shock waves and the propulsion produced by them are measured. The discharge produced the stationary propulsion ~1 N kW^-1.

PACS: 42.55.Lt, 42.62.-b

Received: 17.11.2006
Revised: 12.03.2007