Physics and technology of laser lightning control
The recent development of high average, high peak power lasers has revived the effort of using lasers as a potential tool to influence natural lightning. Although impressive, the current progress in laser lightning control technology may only be the beginning of a new area involving a positive feedback between powerful laser development and atmospheric research. In this review paper, we critically evaluate the past, present and future of Laser Lightning Control (LLC), considering both its technological and scientific significance in atmospheric research.
Authors
- Thomas Produit (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9474-3555)
- Aurélien Houard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2072-6680)
- Farhad Rachidi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2169-9549)
- Marcos Rubinstein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4806-038X)
- Jean‐Pierre Wolf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3729-958X)
- Jérôme Kasparian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2398-3882)
Institutions
- University of Geneva (CH)
- Agency for Science, Technology and Research (SG)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- École Polytechnique (FR)
- HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (CH)
- HES-SO Genève (CH)
- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (SG)
- Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée (FR)
- HES-SO Vaud (CH)
- École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Reports on Progress in Physics
- Published
- 2024-09-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6633/ad7bc8
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.34
Funders
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
- Direction Générale de l’Armement
- H2020 Future and Emerging Technologies