title: Laboratory simulation of laser propagation through plasma sheaths containing ablation particles of ZrB2-SiC-C during hypersonic flight.
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 ZrB2-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.
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zang
authors.forename: Xiangxing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Siyuan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Hongyan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Xiudong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yueguang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lu