Publication Date:
2019-06-28
Description:
Light pulse from a ruby or neodymium-glass laser enters miniature optics of repetitive-detonation apparatus. Traveling along a bundle of optical fibers, light strikes laser-sensitive microdetonator and charge explodes. Apparatus then advances next charge in train into position. Possible applications of sequential-impulse generator are in creating shock waves for aerodynamics research and in generating electrical power by magnetohydrodynamics.
Keywords:
PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Type:
NPO-14939
,
NASA Tech Briefs (ISSN 0145-319X); 6; 1; P. 24
Format:
text
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