Vol. 11, issue 02-03, article # 28

pdf Tishchenko V. N. Laser-microwave discharge for control over flights of supersonic bodies. // Atmospheric and oceanic optics. 1998. V. 11. No. 02-03. P. 203-207.
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Abstract:

A new type of discharge, i.e. laser-microwave discharge (LMD) with high velocity of motion in gas (~ 0.4÷3 km/s) and remote contactless power supply, is considered for the first time. Laser radiation creates a channel in which more powerful microwave radiation is absorbed. The motion of the discharge is realized by displacement of the focal regions of beams. An approximate LMD model is based on experimental data. Relative consumption of energy in LMD is small what indicates the possibility to use it in promising methods of control over flights of supersonic bodies.