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Electric events synchronized with laser filaments in thunderclouds

Contributors

Kasparian, Jérôme; Ackermann, Roland; André, Yves-Bernard; Méchain, Grégoire; Méjean, Guillaume; Prade, Bernard; Rohwetter, Philipp; Salmon, Estelle; Stelmaszczyk, Kamil; Yu, Jin; Mysyrowicz, André; Sauerbrey, Roland; Woeste, Ludger; Wolf, Jean-Pierre

Published in

Optics express, vol. 16, no. 8, 5757

Publication date

2008

Abstract

We investigated the possibility to trigger real-scale lightning using ionized filaments generated by ultrashort laser pulses in the atmosphere. Under conditions of high electric field during two thunderstorms, we observed a statistically significant number of electric events synchronized with the laser pulses, at the location of the filaments. This observation suggests that corona discharges may have been triggered by filaments.

Keywords

  • Atmospheric propagation
  • Ultrafast lasers
  • Self-action effects
  • Ultrafast nonlinear optics
  • Plasmas
  • Lightning control

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Citation (ISO format)

KASPARIAN, Jérôme et al. Electric events synchronized with laser filaments in thunderclouds. In: Optics express, 2008, vol. 16, n° 8, p. 5757. doi: 10.1364/OE.16.005757

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http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-16-8-5757

Journal ISSN

1094-4087
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