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Ablation of carbon-doped liquid propellant in laser plasma propulsion

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Carbon-doped liquid glycerol ablated by nanosecond pulse laser is investigated in laser plasma propulsion. It is found that the propulsion is much more correlated with the carbon content. The doped carbon can change the laser intensity and laser focal position so as to reduce the splashing quantity of the glycerol. Less consumption of the liquid volume results in a high specific impulse.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10905049) and Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (53200859165, 2562010050).

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    Z. Y. Zheng, T. Liang, S. Q. Zhang, L. Gao, H. Gao & Z. L. Zhang

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Zheng, Z.Y., Liang, T., Zhang, S.Q. et al. Ablation of carbon-doped liquid propellant in laser plasma propulsion. Appl. Phys. A 122, 317 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-016-9848-6

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