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Plasma characteristics of energetic liquid polymer ablated by nanosecond laser pulses

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The plasma characteristics of carbon-doped glycidyl azide polymer (GAP) are investigated ablation by nanosecond laser pulses. For the GAP energetic liquid, a specific impulse of 840 s and an ablation efficiency up to 98% are obtained, which can be attributed to the low mass loss owing to the carbon doping. A comparison between the chemical energies shows that the carbon-doped GAP provides better propulsion than pure GAP. This indicates that even for an energetic liquid, an efficient approach to enhance the thrust performance is to reduce the splashing. High ablation thrust could be achieved at a low laser fluence and high carbon content.

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This project was supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (Nos. 53200859165, 2562010050), and by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11504337).

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    Jing Qi, Siqi Zhang, Tian Liang, Weichong Tang, Ke Xiao, Lu Gao, Hua Gao, Zili Zhang & Zhiyuan Zheng

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Jing Qi obtained the B.E. degree in Gemmology and Material Technology in 2016 from China University of Geosciences, Beijing. Nowadays, she is a master student major in Materials Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Beijing. Her research interests include the interaction of laser plasma with matter.

Siqi Zhang obtained the M.Ch.E. degree in Chemical Engineering in 2017 from China University of Geosciences, Beijing. His research interests include the interaction of laser plasma with matter.

Tian Liang received a bachelor’s degree in Engineering in 2014 from China University of Geosciences. And now, he is a master student major in Physics, China University of Geosciences, Beijing. His current research interests include the interaction of laser plasma with matter.

Weichong Tang received the B.Sc. degree in Applied Physics in 2015 from Hebei University of Science and Technology, Hebei, China. And now, he is a master student major in Materials Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Beijing. His current research interests include the application of terahertz time-domain spectroscopy in geology and mineralogy.

Ke Xiao obtained the B.Sc. degree in Information and Computing Science in 2014 from Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China. And now, she is a master student major in Materials Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Beijing. Her research interests include thermal light ghost imaging and the characteristics of thermal light correlation.

Lu Gao received the Ph.D. degree from Beijing Normal University, China, in 2009. She is now an Associate Professor in School of Science, China University of Geosciences, Beijing. Her current research interests include thermal light ghost imaging and the characteristics of thermal light correlation.

Hua Gao received the Ph.D. degree from Beijing Normal University, China, in 2007. She is now an Associate Professor in School of Science, China University of Geosciences, Beijing. Her current research interests include metamaterials and plasmonics, photonics.

Zili Zhang received the Ph.D. degree from China University of Geosciences, Beijing, in 2009. He is now an associate professor in School of Science, China University of Geosciences, Beijing. His current research interests include the application of terahertz time domain spectroscopy.

Zhiyuan Zheng received the Ph.D. degree from Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, in 2005. He is now a professor in School of Science, China University of Geosciences, Beijing. His current research interests include the interaction of laser plasma with matter and the application of terahertz time domain spectroscopy.

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Qi, J., Zhang, S., Liang, T. et al. Plasma characteristics of energetic liquid polymer ablated by nanosecond laser pulses. Front. Optoelectron. 11, 261–266 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12200-018-0752-x

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