A novel sample-positioning system for microgravity application

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Abstract
Containerless processing of materials is achieved by the use of a variety of sample levitation techniques. However, suspension of a nonmetallic specimen in a high‐vacuum, high‐temperature environment is not possible with the current methods. The paper describes how to generate mild forces for enabling sample positioning in microgravity experiments, by a new scheme based on pulsed lasers.

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