• DocumentCode
    421919
  • Title

    Probing the atmosphere using a femtosecond terawatt lidar

  • Author

    Wolf, J.P. ; Kasparian, J. ; Mejean, G. ; Salmon, E. ; Yu, J. ; Boutou, V. ; Courvoisier, F. ; Rodriguez, M. ; Wöste, L. ; Bourayou, R. ; Sauerbrey, R.

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. de Spectrometrie lonique et Moleculaire, UMR CNRS, Villeurbanne, France
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2004
  • Abstract
    We present applications of the nonlinear propagation of ultra-short ultra-intense laser pulses in air for multicomponent remote sensing, aerosol detection by in-situ nonlinear processes, as well as anomalous transmission through clouds.
  • Keywords
    aerosols; atmospheric light propagation; atmospheric techniques; clouds; high-speed optical techniques; nonlinear optics; optical radar; remote sensing by laser beam; aerosol detection; anomalous transmission; atmospheric probing; clouds; femtosecond lidar; insitu nonlinear processes; multicomponent remote sensing; nonlinear propagation; terawatt lidar; ultraintense laser pulses; ultrashort laser pulses;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-777-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1361376