GB2496012B - Optical recirculation with ablative drive - Google Patents

Optical recirculation with ablative drive

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GB2496012B
GB2496012B GB1215016.5A GB201215016A GB2496012B GB 2496012 B GB2496012 B GB 2496012B GB 201215016 A GB201215016 A GB 201215016A GB 2496012 B GB2496012 B GB 2496012B
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ablative
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optical recirculation
recirculation
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Ernest Anderson John
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    • G—PHYSICS
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    • G21B1/00—Thermonuclear fusion reactors
    • G21B1/11—Details
    • G21B1/23—Optical systems, e.g. for irradiating targets, for heating plasma or for plasma diagnostics
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
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    • B64G1/407—Solar sailing
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    • B64G1/42—Arrangements or adaptations of power supply systems
    • B64G1/428—Power distribution and management
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • B64G1/52—Protection, safety or emergency devices; Survival aids
    • B64G1/56—Protection against meteoroids or space debris
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03H—PRODUCING A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03H1/00—Using plasma to produce a reactive propulsive thrust
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B27/00—Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups G02B1/00 - G02B26/00, G02B30/00
    • G02B27/09—Beam shaping, e.g. changing the cross-sectional area, not otherwise provided for
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21B—FUSION REACTORS
    • G21B1/00—Thermonuclear fusion reactors
    • G21B1/03—Thermonuclear fusion reactors with inertial plasma confinement
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05H—PLASMA TECHNIQUE; PRODUCTION OF ACCELERATED ELECTRICALLY-CHARGED PARTICLES OR OF NEUTRONS; PRODUCTION OR ACCELERATION OF NEUTRAL MOLECULAR OR ATOMIC BEAMS
    • H05H1/00—Generating plasma; Handling plasma
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E30/00—Energy generation of nuclear origin
    • Y02E30/10—Nuclear fusion reactors

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  • Aiming, Guidance, Guns With A Light Source, Armor, Camouflage, And Targets (AREA)
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GBGB1118471.0A GB201118471D0 (en) 2011-10-26 2011-10-26 Optical recirculation with ablative drive

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GB2496012A GB2496012A (en) 2013-05-01
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US20050162853A1 (en) * 2004-01-28 2005-07-28 Kanti Jain Compact, high-efficiency, energy-recycling illumination system
GB2427038A (en) * 2005-06-10 2006-12-13 John Ernest Anderson Directing electromagnetic energy from an area or volume source
WO2008035061A1 (en) * 2006-09-19 2008-03-27 University Of Southampton Improved pulsed plasma thruster and method of operation thereof

Patent Citations (5)

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US6216445B1 (en) * 1999-05-19 2001-04-17 Trw Inc. Micro pulsed plasma thruster and method of operating same
WO2005033498A1 (en) * 2003-10-08 2005-04-14 Federalnoe Gosudarstvennoe Unitarnoe Predpriyatie Nauchno-Issledovatelsky Institut Kompleksnikh Ispitany Optiko-Elektronnikh Priborov I Sistem /Fgup Niiki Oep/ Aerospace laser jet engine
US20050162853A1 (en) * 2004-01-28 2005-07-28 Kanti Jain Compact, high-efficiency, energy-recycling illumination system
GB2427038A (en) * 2005-06-10 2006-12-13 John Ernest Anderson Directing electromagnetic energy from an area or volume source
WO2008035061A1 (en) * 2006-09-19 2008-03-27 University Of Southampton Improved pulsed plasma thruster and method of operation thereof

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