Mr. Franklin B. Mead Profile

Franklin B. Mead

Senior Aerospace Engineer at Air Force Research Lab

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Publications (5)

Proceedings Article | 7 June 2006 Paper

An analysis of force generation in TEA CO₂ laser ablation of liquids

John Sinko, Lisa Kodgis, Simon Porter, Jun Lin, Andrew Pakhomov, C. William Larson, Franklin Mead

Proceedings Volume 6261, 62611W (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.674573

KEYWORDS: Liquids, Laser ablation, Sensors, Plasma, Absorption, Gas lasers, Pulsed laser operation, Bioalcohols, Carbon monoxide, Quartz

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Proceedings Article | 20 September 2004 Paper

Some results of a study of the effectiveness and cost of a laser-powered lightcraft vehicle system

David Froning, Leon McKinney, Franklin Mead, C. Larson, Alan Pike, Victor Hasson

Proceedings Volume 5448, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.547321

KEYWORDS: Pulsed laser operation, Laser systems engineering, Laser applications, Laser propulsion, Gas lasers, Rockets, High power lasers, Solid state lasers, Laser development, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 20 September 2004 Paper

Launching of microsatellites using ground-based high-power pulsed lasers (Plenary Paper)

Victor Hasson, Franklin Mead, C. Larson, Hsian Chou

Proceedings Volume 5448, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.548428

KEYWORDS: Carbon monoxide, Gas lasers, Pulsed laser operation, Laser propulsion, Transmitters, High power lasers, Acoustics, Laser applications, Oscillators, Helium

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Proceedings Article | 13 September 2002 Paper

Energy conversion in laser propulsion: III

Carl Larson, Franklin Mead, Wayne Kalliomaa

Proceedings Volume 4760, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.482043

KEYWORDS: Laser energy, Energy efficiency, Rockets, Absorption, Electroluminescence, Magnesium, Thermodynamics, Laser propulsion, Carbon dioxide lasers, Energy conversion efficiency

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Proceedings Article | 14 September 1998 Paper

Flight experiments and evolutionary development of a laser-propelled transatmospheric vehicle

Franklin Mead, Leik Myrabo, Donald Messitt

Proceedings Volume 3343, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.321600

KEYWORDS: Laser development, Fourier transforms, Laser propulsion, Pulsed laser operation, Carbon dioxide lasers, Rockets, Laser systems engineering, Beam guidance systems, Satellites, Laser energy

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