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Analysis of a 10 megawatt space-based solar-pumped liquid neodymium laser system
U. H Kurzweg
Published
1984
by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Branch, For sale by the National Technical Information Service] in Washington, D.C, [Springfield, Va
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Written in
Edition Notes
| Statement | U.H. Kurzweg ; prepared for Langley Research Center |
| Series | NASA contractor report -- 3774 |
| Contributions | University of Florida, Langley Research Center, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Office |
| The Physical Object | |
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| Pagination | 15 p. : |
| Number of Pages | 15 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL14931305M |
Space-based solar power would bring numerous benefits over its terrestrial counterparts. One of the major benefits is that the power generation will be clean. Unlike, coal, oil, or natural gas based power plants; space-based solar power will only release greenhouse gasses once, during Size: KB. Another group of direct solar-pumped lasers rely on the electronic-vibrational excitation produced by sunlight [Laser power to a Lunar Base] to power the laser action. Two systems are being actively studied. The first is a liquid neodymium (Nd) ion laser, which absorbs throughout the visible spectrum and emits in the near-infrared at m.
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No one wants a space-based solar power system that works only when the sky is clear. But microwaves—for example, ones with wavelengths between 5 and 10 centimeters—would have no such problems Author: Susumu Sasaki. A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of electromagnetic term "laser" originated as an acronym for "light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation". The first laser was built in by Theodore H. Maiman at Hughes Research Laboratories, based on theoretical work by Charles .
Conducting a systems study on a 10 MW ( x HP) solar pumped liquid neodymium laser. It is our purpose here to discuss the characteristics of such a space based laser system including information on the concentrator size, the laser configuration and radiator requirements.
A ten megawatt solar-pumped continuous liquid laser system for space applications is examined. It is found that a single inflatable mirror of m diameter used in conjunction with a conical secondary concentrator is sufficient to side pump a liquid neodymium lasant in an annular tube of 6 m length and 1 m outer and m inner diameter.
Get this from a library. Analysis of a 10 megawatt space-based solar-pumped liquid neodymium laser system. [U H Kurzweg; University of Florida.; Langley Research Center.; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Scientific and Technical Information Office.]. A ten megawatt solar-pumped continuous liquid laser system for space applications is examined. It is found that a single inflatable mirror of m diameter used in conjunction with a conical secondary concentrator is sufficient to side pump a liquid neodymium lasant in an annular tube of 6 m length and 1 m outer and m inner : U.
Kurweg. If YAG were the host medium, a 1-MW solar-pumped laser need only be sq m in area and cm thick, which is already possible. In addition.
Conway's 15 research works with 69 citations and reads, including: A kW Module Power Station of Directly Solar-Pumped Iodine Laser. To make this possible, the satellite’s solar power beaming system employs a diode-pumped alkali laser.
First demonstrated at LLNL in -- and currently still under development there -- this laser would be about the size of a kitchen table, and powerful enough to beam power to Earth at an extremely high efficiency, over 50 percent. generation. Space-based solar power [1] (SBSP) is a system for the collection of solar power in space, to meet the ever increasing demand for energy on Earth.
SBSP differs from the usual method of solar power collection in the Earth. At the earth based solar power collection, array of panels are placedFile Size: KB. How to Calculate Three Phase Amps From Megawatts. Megawatt 3 phase power applies primarily to large power distribution systems.
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Nd:YAG (neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet; Nd:Y 3 Al 5 O 12) is a crystal that is used as a lasing medium for solid-state dopant, triply ionized neodymium, Nd(III), typically replaces a small fraction (1%) of the yttrium ions in the host crystal structure of the yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG), since the two ions are of similar size.
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From these design tools, the ISI is shown to need a m diameter ground receiver for a laser beam generated with 75 cm. The Navy's Megawatt Laser Weapon Takes a Big Leap Forward with Powerful New Electron Injector. By Clay Dillow.
Janu More Technology. Latest. : Clay Dillow. 1 MW = kW 1 kWh= 1 unit of electricity average time per day that sun will shine range from 4– hours(even 6 in very few places) globally the accepted factor. Book Deserto and a great many other publications may be Analysis of a 10 megawatt space based solar pumped liquid neodymium laser system Review of the california sea otter salvage program Review of airline deregulation and sunset of.
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Interestingly, it is the radiator panels that are the most difficult to scale up, at about 25 kg/kW. cylindrical laser. For a cooled liquid Neodymium laser this concentration should be sufficient to make lasing possible. Remember that at the earth’s surface un-concentrated sunlight has a solar flux of approximately 1kw/m2.
Hence at the cylindrical surface of the laser one can expect a solar flux of about one megawatt /m2. For a 1-MW laser, the collected solar power is MW and the solar concentration on the m.
diameter quartz tube is The laser tube surface area is larger than the actual focal volume surface area. Therefore, the concentration is larger, or KEYWORDS: Liquid crystals, Laser damage threshold, Liquids, Femtosecond phenomena, Laser induced damage Read Abstract + Damage-test data are scarce for liquid crystalline (LC) materials at 1-ns pulse lengths and nonexistent at shorter pulselengths.
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