Momentum coupling efficiency of laser ablation for space debris removal

Shigeaki Uchida; Xianglin Zhou; Kazuo Imasaki; Chiyoe Yamanaka; Tatsuhiko Yamanaka; Masayuki Niino; Tatsuo Kunagai; Wiliam Kmetic; Masatsugu Ishimoto; Nobuki Kawashima

doi:10.1117/12.376990

1 February 2000 Momentum coupling efficiency of laser ablation for space debris removal

Shigeaki Uchida, Xianglin Zhou, Kazuo Imasaki, Chiyoe Yamanaka, Tatsuhiko Yamanaka, Masayuki Niino, Tatsuo Kunagai, Wiliam Kmetic, Masatsugu Ishimoto, Nobuki Kawashima

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Proceedings Volume 3885, High-Power Laser Ablation II; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.376990
Event: Advanced High-Power Lasers and Applications, 1999, Osaka, Japan

Abstract

This paper will discuss the laser conditions for producing efficient thrust on debris. In order to obtain high thrust for given laser energies, thermal energies dissipated into laser ablation and debris bulk have to be minimized. It was suggested that this minimization can be achieved by using ultrashort pulse interactions where laser pulse duration is too short for thermal conduction to take place deep into debris. The results of momentum coupling coefficients measured with ps and ns pulse duration will be presented.

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Shigeaki Uchida, Xianglin Zhou, Kazuo Imasaki, Chiyoe Yamanaka, Tatsuhiko Yamanaka, Masayuki Niino, Tatsuo Kunagai, Wiliam Kmetic, Masatsugu Ishimoto, and Nobuki Kawashima "Momentum coupling efficiency of laser ablation for space debris removal", Proc. SPIE 3885, High-Power Laser Ablation II, (1 February 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.376990

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