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Materials for laser ablation propulsion applications in space science

LM thesis proposal Supervisors: Antonio Miotello & Michele Orlandi When a short and intense laser pulse hits a material, extreme thermodynamic conditions are reached, resulting in the ejection of mass from the irradiated region. This phenomenon is known as laser ablation. Despite the ablated mass is in general small, it leaves the target surface with …

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