Ultrashort Laser applications in Lidar and atmospheric sciences

Jérôme Kasparian, Riad Bourayou, Véronique Boutou, Catherine Favre, Guillaume Méjean, Didier Mondelain, André Mysyrowicz, Miguel Rodriguez, Estelle Salmon, Roland Sauerbrey, Holger Wille, Jean Pierre Wolf, Ludger Wöste, Jin Yu, L. Klingbeil, K. Rethmeier, W. Kalkner, A. Hartzes, H. Lehman, J. EislöffelB. Stecklum, J. Winkler, U. Laux, S. Hönger, Y. Pan, R. K. Chang, S. C. Hill

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Abstract

The propagation of ultrashort, ultra-intense laser pulses gives rise to strongly nonlinear processes. In particular, filamentation is observed, yielding a ionized, conducting plasma channel where white-light supercontinuum due to self-phase modulation occurs. This supercontinuum, extending from the UV to the IR, is a suitable "white laser" source for atmospheric remote sensing, and especially Lidar (Light Detection and Ranging). Recent significant results in this regard are presented, as well as lightning control using ultrashort laser pulses. The application of ultrashort-pulse lidar to aerosol monitoring is also discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)238-248
Number of pages11
JournalProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume5226
DOIs
StatePublished - 2003
Externally publishedYes
Event12th International School on Quantum Electronics Laser Physics and Applications - Varna, Bulgaria
Duration: Sep 23 2002Sep 27 2002

Keywords

  • Aerosol detection
  • Atmospheric propagation
  • Lidar
  • Lightning control
  • Remote sensing
  • Ultrafast lasers
  • Ultrafast nonlinear optics
  • White-light generation

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