Special Issue "Laser Propulsion Science and Technology"
A special issue of Aerospace (ISSN 2226-4310). This special issue belongs to the section "Astronautics & Space Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 29 September 2023 | Viewed by 1629
Special Issue Editor
Interests: advanced propulsion; directed energy; laser ablation; laser-materials interactions; laser propulsion
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Laser propulsion is an emerging field that promises breakthroughs for various unique propulsion needs if the special challenges of using lasers to produce impulses can be overcome. Some examples of such challenges include beam divergence, coupling to remote targets, heat accumulation, the physics of short-pulse laser-material interaction, and, broadly, the fundamental physics governing laser-material interactions, which is still incompletely understood.
Laser technology has advanced significantly in the past decade, with novel high-power lasers and the development of the science of massive laser arrays, which may support fielded laser propulsion missions and applications. Some examples of such applications include interplanetary propulsion, interstellar propulsion, laser thrusters, laser tractor beams, and laser removal of orbital debris.
This Special Issue of Aerospace will cover recent experimental, theoretical, and computational work on the use of lasers to produce thrust or impulse, focusing on the fundamental science of laser propulsion and related space technology applications.
The editor of this Special Issue invites papers describing chemical, engineering, physics, or other practical issues of laser propulsion science and technology.
Dr. John Sinko
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- beamed energy propulsion
- debris removal
- directed energy propulsion
- laser ablation
- laser arrays
- laser debris removal
- laser-electric propulsion
- laser launch
- laser momentum coupling
- laser orbital debris removal
- laser propellant
- laser propulsion
- laser sails
- laser thermal coupling
- laser thermal propulsion
- laser thrusters
- lightsails
