A fundamental study on a laser‐electric hybrid thruster was conducted, in which laser‐induced plasmas were generated through laser beam irradiation on to a solid target and accelerated by electrical means instead of direct acceleration using only a laser beam. As two typical cases of the hybrid propulsion systems, a feasibility study on electrostatic acceleration mode and electromagnetic acceleration mode of the laser ablation plasma were conducted including thrust performance tests with a torsion‐balance, ion current measurements, and ICCD camera observations. It was confirmed that the thrust performances could be improved with electric energy inputs.


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    Title :

    Electromagnetic Acceleration Characteristics of Laser‐Electric Hybrid Thrusters


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    BEAMED ENERGY PROPULSION: Fourth International Symposium on Beamed Energy Propulsion ; 2005 ; Nara (Japan)


    Published in:

    AIP Conference Proceedings ; 830 , 1 ; 213-223


    Publication date :

    2006-05-02


    Size :

    11 pages





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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