Microairplane propelled by laser driven exotic target

T. Yabe; C. Phipps; M. Yamaguchi; R. Nakagawa; K. Aoki; H. Mine; Y. Ogata; C. Baasandash; M. Nakagawa; E. Fujiwara; K. Yoshida; A. Nishiguchi; I. Kajiwara

doi:10.1063/1.1485313

Microairplane propelled by laser driven exotic target

T. Yabe, C. Phipps, M. Yamaguchi, R. Nakagawa, K. Aoki, H. Mine, Y. Ogata, C. Baasandash, M. Nakagawa, E. Fujiwara, K. Yoshida, A. Nishiguchi, I. Kajiwara

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Tokyo Institute of Technology

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We propose a propulsion concept to drive a microairplane by laser that can be used for observation of climate and volcanic eruption. Since it does not have to develop thrust for vertical takeoff, and it has no engine in the normal sense, the microairplane can be very light, with its payload consisting only of observation and communication equipment. In order to demonstrate the concept, we succeeded in flying a paper microairplane driven by a 590 mJ, 5 ns pulse yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser that impinges on a double-layer "exotic target." The coupling efficiency agrees well with simulations and with experiments.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4318-4320
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	80
Issue number	23
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1485313
Publication status	Published - 2002 Jun 10

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