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Laser-supported detonation in a transverse magnetic field: A qualitative theory and direct conversion of laser radiation energy into electricity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

Yuri B. Alferov  and
Alexander P. Budnik
Yuri B. Alferov
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics and Power Engineering, Bondarenko Sq., 1, 249020, Obninsk, Kaluga Reg., Russia
Alexander P. Budnik
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics and Power Engineering, Bondarenko Sq., 1, 249020, Obninsk, Kaluga Reg., Russia
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Abstract

This paper presents the results of a theoretical investigation of a laser-supported detonation wave (LDW) in a transverse magnetic field. A 1D problem of a steady-state wavefront structure is considered. The magnetic structure of the LDW is determined. Specific attention is focused on the stability conditions of a shock wavefront. The value of the induced (downstream) electric field strength is obtained from numerical calculations. The possibility of direct conversion of laser radiation energy into electricity in optical discharge plasma moving across an external magnetic field is considered. Such a device could be used in the energy supply systems of space vehicles.

Type
Regular Papers
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , September 1996 , pp. 511 - 518
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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