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Electric events synchronized with laser filaments in thunderclouds |
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Published in | Optics express. 2008, vol. 16, no. 8, 5757 | |
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 | |
Identifiers | DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.005757 | |
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Research groups | ISE Climat ISE Pôle Sciences | |
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 https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:37869 |