The present application relates to optical-mechanical systems and methods for moving a solid object by applying conservation of angular momentum to a configuration of a laser light beam that emanates from the solid object. The system includes a rotatable housing and an axially movable laser light source coupled to the housing and configured to emit a first light beam along a first path. The system can include a first beam splitter disposed along the first path for splitting the first light beam into a second light beam and a third light beam. The system can cause the third light beam to travel in a closed path, as an approximation of a circular path of initial radius, and of decreasing radius. The system can further include a second beam splitter, axially movable first, second and third mirrors, and a third beam splitter disposed at one end of the housing.
Electromagnetic Energy Beam Angular Momentum Engine: Self-Propulsion of Energy Beam Source via Application of Conservation of Angular Momentum
2018-07-12
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | F03H PRODUCING A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR , Erzeugung von Vortriebskraft [Schub] nach dem Prinzip des Rückstoßes, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen / B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS / G02B Optische Elemente, Systeme oder Geräte , OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS |
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