Improved laser ablation model for asteroid deflection

Theoretical Modeling of Rapid Surface Vaporization with Back Pressure

Charles Knight · AIAA Journal · 1979 · 545 citations

Rarefied Flow, Engineering, Aerospace Engineering +14

Comments on explosive mechanisms of laser sputtering

Roger Kelly, A. Miotello · Applied Surface Science · 1996 · 304 citations

Photonics, Engineering, Physics +6

Gravitational tractor for towing asteroids

Edward T. Lu, Stanley G. Love · Nature · 2005 · 254 citations · Full text

Space Vehicle, Space Transportation, Engineering +5

Removing orbital debris with lasers

Claude Phipps, K. L. Baker, Stephen B. Libby et al. · Advances in Space Research · 2012 · 187 citations · Full text

Orbital Debris, Laser Applications, Laser Safety +2

Critical-Point Phase Separation in Laser Ablation of Conductors

François Vidal, T. W. Johnston, S. Laville et al. · Physical Review Letters · 2001 · 145 citations

Engineering, Physics, Laser-induced Breakdown +10