Microairplane propelled by laser driven exotic target

被引：108

作者：

Yabe, T ^{[1
]}

Phipps, C ^{[1
]}

Yamaguchi, M ^{[1
]}

Nakagawa, R ^{[1
]}

Aoki, K ^{[1
]}

Mine, H ^{[1
]}

Ogata, Y ^{[1
]}

Baasandash, C ^{[1
]}

Nakagawa, M ^{[1
]}

Fujiwara, E ^{[1
]}

Yoshida, K ^{[1
]}

Nishiguchi, A ^{[1
]}

Kajiwara, I ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Tokyo Inst Technol, Dept Engn Sci & Mech, Meguro Ku, Tokyo 1528552, Japan

来源：

APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS | 2002年 / 80卷 / 23期

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D O I：

10.1063/1.1485313

中图分类号：

O59 [应用物理学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

We propose a propulsion concept to drive a microairplane by laser that can be used for observation of climate and volcanic eruption. Since it does not have to develop thrust for vertical takeoff, and it has no engine in the normal sense, the microairplane can be very light, with its payload consisting only of observation and communication equipment. In order to demonstrate the concept, we succeeded in flying a paper microairplane driven by a 590 mJ, 5 ns pulse yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser that impinges on a double-layer "exotic target." The coupling efficiency agrees well with simulations and with experiments. (C) 2002 American Institute of Physics.

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页码：4318 / 4320

页数：3

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