| Preface |
| Organizers and International Program Committee |
| Sponsors and Supporting Organizations |
| ISBEP Award |
| SPECIAL LECTURE |
| Progress of Power Laser and Its Application to Space S. Nakai 3 |
| FLUID DYNAMICS IN LASER PROPULSION |
| Experimental Investigation on Air-Breathing Mode of Laser Propulsion Z. Tang, P. Gong, X. Hu, J. Cai, R. Tan, Y. Lu, Y. Yu, and C. Ke 23 |
| Analytical and Numerical Study of the Air Breathing Model for Laser-Propulsion P. Gong and Z. Tang 31 |
| Effect of the Refilling Processes on the Thrust Generation of a Laser Pulsejet K. Mori, Y. Hirooka, H. Katsurayama, K. Komurasaki, and Y. Arakawa 40 |
| Experimental Study on Thrust Characteristics of Airspace Laser Propulsion Engine A.A. Ageichik, M.S. Egorov, Y.A. Rezunkov, A.L. Safronov, and V.V. Stepanov 49 |
| In-Tube Laser Propulsion; Performance and Application Prospects A. Sasoh, X. Yu, T. Ohtani, S. Kim, and I.-S. Jeung 61 |
| Fundamental Properties of Non-Equilibrium Laser-Supported Detonation Wave H. Shiraishi 68 |
| Laser-Supported Detonation Concept as a Space Thruster T. Fujiwara and T. Miyasaka 80 |
| Numerical Simulation of Laser-Driven In-Tube Accelerator on Supersonic Condition S. Kim, I.-S. Jeung, and J.-Y. Choi 92 |
| Dependence of Initial Plasma Size on Laser-Driven In-Tube Accelerator (LITA) Performance S. Kim,T. Ohtani, A. Sasoh, I.-S. Jeung, and J.-Y. Choi 103 |
| ABLATIVE LASER PROPULSION |
| Useful In-Space Impulse Generation Powered by Laser Energy K. Watanabe, T. Takahashi, and A. Sasoh 115 |
| Experimental Study of Coupling Coefficients for Propulsion on TEA CO2 Laser R. Tan, J. Lin, J. Hughes, and A.V. Pakhomov 122 |
| Measurements of Laser Intensity Dependence of High Specific Impulse for Laser Ablative Propulsion M. Bato, S. Uchida, and Y. Shimada 129 |
| Fundamental Experiments on Glycerin Propellant Laser Thruster M. Nakano, K. Fujita, S. Uchida, M. Bato, and M. Niino 139 |
| Impulse Generation Mechanism in Glycerin Propellant Laser Thruster K. Fujita, M. Nakano, S. Uchida, M. Bato, and M. Niino 146 |
| Beamed Energy Propulsion by Means of Target Ablation B.A. Rosenberg 152 |
| An Electron Emission Effect on Dynamics of Laser Ablation A.F. Nastoyashchii 162 |
| Ablative Laser Propulsion: An Update, Part I A.V. Pakhomov, T. Cohen, J. Lin, M.S. Thompson, and K.A. Herren 166 |
| Ablative Laser Propulsion: An Update, Part II A.V. Pakhomov, J. Lin, and M.S. Thompson 178 |
| Space Debris De-orbiting by Vaporization Impulse Using Short Pulse Laser J.T. Early, C. Bibeau, and C. Phipps 190 |
| MISSION PROPOSAL AND ANALYSIS |
| Perspective In-Space Laser Propulsion Demonstrator Mission Y. Rezunkov and A.V. Pakhomov 205 |
| Laser Propulsion and the Constant Momentum Mission C.W. Larson, F.B. Mead, Jr., and S.D. Knecht 216 |
| Laser Propulsion for LOTV Space Missions Y.A. Rezunkov 228 |
| Study to Determine the Effectiveness and Cost of a Laser-Powered "Lightcraft" Vehicle System-Results to Guide Future Developments H.D. Froning, A. Pike, L. McKinney, F.B. Mead, Jr., and C.W. Larson 242 |
| Development Programs for the Heat Exchanger Thruster and HX Laser Launch System J.T. Kare 251 |
| Concept for a Laser Propulsion Based Nanosat Launch System H.-A. Eckel and W.O. Schall 263 |
| Laser Application in the Control of Satellite Orbit A.F. Nastoyashchii 274 |
| BEAM TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION |
| Laser Beam Control System to Compensate the Turbulent Distortions of Laser Beam at Introducing a Lead Angle V.V. Stepanov, V.N. Alekseyev, V.M. Osipov, Y.A. Rezunkov, and T.E. Sheremetyeva 283 |
| On a Possibility of Laser Beam Control in LOTV Mission by Means of Nonlinear and Coherent Optics Techniques V.E. Sherstobitov, N.A. Kaliteevskiy, V.I. Kuprenyuk, A.Y. Rodionov, N.A. Romanov, V.E. Semenov, L.N. Soms, and N.V. Vysotina 296 |
| Optical Problems of Laser Radiation Transport in the LOTV Concept N.A. Romanov, A.Y. Rodionov, V.E. Sherstobitov, and V.E. Semenov 310 |
| Solar Thermal Propulsion Investigation Activities in NAL H. Sahara and M. Shimizu 322 |
| Generation of a Nondiffracting Light Beam for a Long Range T. Aruga, H. Kunimori, and S. Yoshikado 334 |
| Development of Laser Propulsion and Tracking System for Laser-Driven Micro-Airplane H. Ishikawa, I. Kajiwara, K. Hoshino, T. Yabe, S. Uchida, and Y. Shimane 342 |
| BEAM GENERATION |
| High-Frequency Pulse-Periodic Mode for High-Power Lasers V.V. Apollonov, V.V. Kijko, V.I. Kislov, A.G. Suzdal'tsev, and A.B. Egorov 357 |
| DPAL: A New Class of Lasers for CW Power Beaming at Ideal Photovoltaic Cell Wavelengths W.F. Krupke, R.J. Beach, S.A. Payne, V.K. Kanz, and J.T. Early 367 |
| Solar-Pumped Nd Dope Multimode-Fiber Laser with a D-Shaped Large Clad T. Saiki, S. Uchida, K. Imasaki, S. Motokoshi, and M. Nakatsuka 378 |
| Generation of High Power Micro-X-Ray Beams K. Horioka and M. Shiho 390 |
| MICROWAVE PROPULSION |
| An Observation of Plasma Inside of Microwave Boosted Thruster Y. Oda, T. Nakagawa, K. Komurasaki, K. Takahashi, A. Kasugai, K. Sakamoto, and T. Imai 399 |
| Feasibility and Performance of the Microwave Thermal Rocket Launcher K.L.G. Parkin and F.E.C. Culick 407 |
| The Microwave Thermal Thruster Concept K.L.G. Parkin, L.D. DiDomenico and F.E.C. Culick 418 |
| 6 GHz Microwave Power-Beaming Demonstration with 6-kV Rectenna and Ion-Breeze Thruster T. Cummings, J. Janssen, J. Karnesky, P. Laks, M. Santillo, B. Strause, L.N. Myrabo, A. Alden, P. Bouliane, and M. Zhang 430 |
| HYBRID SYSTEMS AND NEW CONCEPTS |
| Ignition and Flameholding Characteristics of Laser Igniters in Supersonic Airstreams H. Horisawa, S. Tsuchiya, J. Negishi, Y. Okawa, and I. Kimura 445 |
| Characterization of a Laser-Assisted Pulsed Plasma Thruster M. Kawakami, A. Igari, H. Horisawa, and I. Kimura 456 |
| Sonic Combustion Using One THz Radiation D.G. Johansen 468 |
| Multi Laser Pulse Investigation of the DEAS Concept in Hypersonic Flow M.A.S. Minucci, P.G.P. Toro, A.C. Oliveira, J.B. Chanes, Jr., A.G. Ramos, H.T. Nagamatsu, and L.N. Myrabo 480 |
| Fundamental Study of a Forward Laser Plasma Accelerator for Space Propulsion Applications H. Kuramoto, K. Oyaizu, H. Horisawa, and I. Kimura 493 |
| Proposal of Liquid Cannon Target Driven by Fiber Laser for Micro-Thruster in Satellite T. Yabe, H. Ohzono, T. Ohkubo, C. Baasandash, M. Yamaguchi, T. Oku, K. Taniguchi, S. Miyazaki, R. Akoh, Y. Ogata, B. Rosenberg, and M. Yoshida 503 |
| Near-Term Application of Water-Powered Laser-Propulsion C. Baasandash, T. Yabe, T. Oku, T. Ohkubo, M. Yamaguchi, H. Ohzono, K. Taniguchi, S. Miyazaki, R. Akoh, Y. Ogata, and K. Fushinobu 513 |
| Proposal for Environmental Observation System for Large Scale Gas Pipeline Networks Using Unmanned Airship M. Shiho, K. Horioka, G. Inoue, M. Onda, W.C. Leighty, K. Yokoo, S. Ono, K. Ohashi, and M. Hirata 522 |
| Air Plasma Formation in MHD Slipstream Accelerator for Mercury Lightcraft L.N. Myrabo, Y.P. Raizer, and S. Surzhikov 534 |
| Hypersonic MHD Propulsion System Integration for the Mercury Lightcraft L.N. Myrabo and R.J. Rosa 544 |
| Author Index 559 |
| Preface |
| Organizers and International Program Committee |
| Sponsors and Supporting Organizations |
| ISBEP Award |
| SPECIAL LECTURE |
| Progress of Power Laser and Its Application to Space S. Nakai 3 |
