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. 2020 Aug 31;28(18):25723-25729.
doi: 10.1364/OE.399119.

Impulse measurement of laser induced ablation in a vacuum

Katsuhiko Tsuno, Satoshi Wada, Takayo Ogawa, Toshikazu Ebisuzaki, Tadanori Fukushima, Daisuke Hirata, Jun Yamada, Yuki Itaya
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Impulse measurement of laser induced ablation in a vacuum

Katsuhiko Tsuno et al. Opt Express. .
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Abstract

An impulse measurement system based on a simple pendulum is newly developed. The system has a resolution of 10-7 Ns for ablation events induced by a single laser at a pulse rate of 2 Hz or less. For ablation events at 10 Hz and above, the system can record the impulse as an average force. The impulse generated by a Nd:YAG pulse laser irradiating a 7075 aluminum alloy is investigated in vacuum. The impulse arises at 3 J/cm2 and the momentum coupling factor, Cm, plateaus at approximately 20 μNs/J over a range of 5 to 50 J/cm2 without producing a plasma shielding effect. Cm is characterized by only fluence independent of pulse width in the range of 10 to 20 ns. This result indicates that it should be feasible to deorbit a 150 kg abandoned satellite at an altitude of 1200 km using a chaser satellite equipped with a 100 W laser.

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