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Dynamic testing of nanosecond laser pulse induced plasma shock wave propulsion for microsphere

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The present work introduces a laser pulse micro-propulsion system for microsphere propulsion and uses the micro-propulsion system to investigate the propulsion mechanism, propulsion mode, and potential application. The plasma (or shock wave) generation at the tip of micro-propulsion system due to the laser energy emitted from the system tip exceeds the ionization threshold of air. Meanwhile, the propagation characteristics of shock wave such as propagation distance, velocity and pressure have been calculated, and then succeeded in realizing propulsion of microsphere via shock wave recoil effect. The result demonstrated that the propulsion is dominated by the shock wave ejection mechanism. In addition, the laser energy and microsphere diameters are varied to study the influence on microsphere movement efficiency. The experimental results show that the microsphere movement efficiency depends on the laser energy and microsphere size. Analysis of the experimental and the simulation results suggest that the micro-propulsion system may have significant influence on directional propulsion of particles from the substrate surface.

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This work was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (No. 61605031) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.

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    Haichao Yu, Hanyang Li & Xiao Wu

  2. Key Lab of In-Fiber Integrated Optics, Ministry Education of China, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, 150080, China

    Hanyang Li & Jun Yang

  3. School of Information Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510008, China

    Jun Yang

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Yu, H., Li, H., Wu, X. et al. Dynamic testing of nanosecond laser pulse induced plasma shock wave propulsion for microsphere. Appl. Phys. A 126, 63 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-019-3243-z

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