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Efficiency of recoil momentum generation during femtosecond laser ablation of copper in vacuum

Journal of Applied Spectroscopy volume 80, pages 249–257 (2013)Cite this article

A combination of interferometric techniques is used to determine the specific impulse (~250–300 s), specific mechanical recoil momentum (momentum coupling, 1–3∙10–4 N∙s/J), efficiency with which the laser energy is converted to kinetic energy of the gas-plasma fl ow (~0.1–0.55), and degree of monochromaticity (~0.75–0.82) of the gas-plasma flow during femtosecond (τ ~ 45 fs, λ ~ 800 nm) ablation of copper in vacuum. The experimental results are compared with published data covering a wide range of laser interaction parameters.

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Loktionov, E.Y., Protasov, Y.S. & Protasov, Y.Y. Efficiency of recoil momentum generation during femtosecond laser ablation of copper in vacuum. J Appl Spectrosc 80, 249–257 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10812-013-9754-z

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Keywords

  • laser ablation
  • radiative energy conversion efficiency
  • momentum coupling coefficient
  • laser thrusters