Interaction between a bubble and a metal target for underwater laser propulsion

• DOI: 10.1364/ao.56.003193
• Publication Date: 2017-04-07T02:11:32Z
• Authors: Hao Qiang; Jun Chen; Bing Han; Yunxiang Pan; Hongchao Zhang; Zhonghua Shen; Jian Lu; Xiaowu Ni
• Keywords: Laser Propulsion

Optical beam deflection and high-speed photographic methods are employed to investigate the interaction mechanism between a laser-induced bubble metal target for underwater laser propulsion. A preliminary theory is proposed reveal step increases of kinetic energy transferred during process increasing incident energy. This also helps explain coupling efficiency with