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Measurement of ablative laser propulsion parameters for aluminum, Co–Ni ferrite and polyurethane polymer

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Laser ablation propulsion is a form of beam-powered propulsion in which a pulsed laser ablates a target material thus producing thrust. We report in this work the measurements of various parameters related to laser-induced micropropulsion in toluene diisocyanate-based polyurethane polymer, aluminum and Co–Ni ferrite. The targets were irradiated by a Q-switched pulsed Nd–YAG laser at 1064 nm (pulse duration 5 ns) under atmospheric conditions. A contact-free optical triangulation method was used to measure the laser ablation induced thrust in the samples. The measurements and calculations depict that Co–Ni ferrite is better in terms of critical propulsion parameters C m and I sp. It has been observed that the propulsion parameters depend on the energy per pulse of the incident laser beam.

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The authors are grateful to the Pakistan Science Foundation and the Higher Education Comission of Pakistan for providing financial support.

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  1. Laser Spectroscopy Lab., Department of Physics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan

    Yasir Jamil, Humaima Saeed, M. Raza Ahmad, Shakeel Ahmad Khan & Hashim Farooq

  2. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

    Muhammad Shahid

  3. Department of Applied Chemistry, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan

    K. M. Zia

  4. Department of Physics, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan

    Nasir Amin

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Jamil, Y., Saeed, H., Raza Ahmad, M. et al. Measurement of ablative laser propulsion parameters for aluminum, Co–Ni ferrite and polyurethane polymer. Appl. Phys. A 110, 207–210 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-012-7115-z

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