Laboratory simulation of laser propagation through plasma sheaths containing ablation particles of ZrB<sub>2</sub>-SiC-C during hypersonic flight

Qing Zang; Xiangxing Bai; Ping Ma; Jie Huang; Jing Ma; Siyuan Yu; Hongyan Shi; Xiudong Sun; Yang Liu; Yueguang Lu

doi:10.1364/OL.42.000687

Optics Letters
Vol. 42,
Issue 4,
pp. 687-690
(2017)
•https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.42.000687

Laboratory simulation of laser propagation through plasma sheaths containing ablation particles of ZrB₂-SiC-C during hypersonic flight

Qing Zang, Xiangxing Bai, Ping Ma, Jie Huang, Jing Ma, Siyuan Yu, Hongyan Shi, Xiudong Sun, Yang Liu, and Yueguang Lu

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Qing Zang, Xiangxing Bai, Ping Ma, Jie Huang, Jing Ma, Siyuan Yu, Hongyan Shi, Xiudong Sun, Yang Liu, and Yueguang Lu, "Laboratory simulation of laser propagation through plasma sheaths containing ablation particles of ZrB₂-SiC-C during hypersonic flight," Opt. Lett. 42, 687-690 (2017)

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Abstract

The optical communication method has potential for solving the blackout problem, which is a big challenge faced in the development of aerospace. Two laser transmission systems were set up to explore the influence of the plasma and the ablation particles on the propagation of the laser. The experimental results indicate that the laser can transmit through the plasma with little attenuation. When there are ablation particles of ${ZrB}_{2} - SiC - C$ added in the plasma, the intensity of the laser has fluctuations. The work introduced in this Letter can be regarded as basic research of the propagation characters of the laser through plasma sheaths.

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Modulation Frequency of 1550 nm Laser (MHz)	Shock Wave Speed (km/s)	Electron Density (/ ${cm}^{- 3}$ )	Collison Frequency (Hz)	Attenuation of Ka Band (dB)
8	5.20	$2 \times 10^{13}$	$6 \times 10^{12}$	41
	4.43	$6 \times 10^{12}$	$1.1 \times 10^{12}$	34
	4.00	$2.5 \times 10^{13}$	$6 \times 10^{12}$	34
200 (pseudo-random code)	4.46	$2 \times 10^{13}$	$8 \times 10^{12}$	35
	3.80	$3 \times 10^{13}$	$6 \times 10^{12}$	40
	3.71	$2.6 \times 10^{13}$	$7 \times 10^{12}$	39

Modulation Frequency of 1550 nm Laser (MHz)	Powder Mass (g)	Shock Wave Speed (km/s)	Attenuation of Ka Band (dB)
200 (pseudo-random code)	0.5	4.01	38
	1	4.07	41
	1		37 ^a
	2	3.96	32
	2	4.01 ^b

Mass of ${ZrB}_{2} - SiC - C$ (g)	Shock Wave Speed (km/s)	Attenuation		Normalized Variance
Mass of ${ZrB}_{2} - SiC - C$ (g)	Shock Wave Speed (km/s)	Ka	Laser	Without Plasma	With Plasma
0	4.46	35	0.07	0.00004	0.00018
	3.80	40	0.99	0.00074	0.01940
	3.71	39	0.14	0.00164	0.00704
0.5	4.01	38	4.35	0.00134	0.06065
1	4.07	41	2.14	0.00168	0.04530
1		37	2.29	0.00334	0.04735
2	3.96	32	4.69	0.00122	0.05820
2	4.01

Modulation Frequency of 1550 nm Laser (MHz)	Shock Wave Speed (km/s)	Electron Density (/ ${cm}^{- 3}$ )	Collison Frequency (Hz)	Attenuation of Ka Band (dB)
8	5.20	$2 \times 10^{13}$	$6 \times 10^{12}$	41
	4.43	$6 \times 10^{12}$	$1.1 \times 10^{12}$	34
	4.00	$2.5 \times 10^{13}$	$6 \times 10^{12}$	34
200 (pseudo-random code)	4.46	$2 \times 10^{13}$	$8 \times 10^{12}$	35
	3.80	$3 \times 10^{13}$	$6 \times 10^{12}$	40
	3.71	$2.6 \times 10^{13}$	$7 \times 10^{12}$	39

Modulation Frequency of 1550 nm Laser (MHz)	Powder Mass (g)	Shock Wave Speed (km/s)	Attenuation of Ka Band (dB)
200 (pseudo-random code)	0.5	4.01	38
	1	4.07	41
	1		37 ^a
	2	3.96	32
	2	4.01 ^b

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