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Teramobile: A mobile femtosecond-terawatt laser and detection system

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 November 2002

H. Wille ,
M. Rodriguez ,
J. Kasparian ,
D. Mondelain ,
J. Yu ,
A. Mysyrowicz ,
R. Sauerbrey ,
J. P. Wolf  and
L. Wöste
H. Wille
Affiliation:
“Teramobile” project, Institut für Experimentalphysik, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany
M. Rodriguez
Affiliation:
“Teramobile” project, Institut für Experimentalphysik, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany “Teramobile” project, Institut für Optik und Quantenelektronik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Max-Wien-Platz 1, 07743 Jena, Germany
J. Kasparian*
Affiliation:
“Teramobile” project, Institut für Optik und Quantenelektronik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Max-Wien-Platz 1, 07743 Jena, Germany “Teramobile” project, LASIM, UMR CNRS 5579, Bât. A. Kastler, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 43 Bd du 11 novembre 1918, 69619 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
D. Mondelain
Affiliation:
“Teramobile” project, LASIM, UMR CNRS 5579, Bât. A. Kastler, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 43 Bd du 11 novembre 1918, 69619 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
J. Yu
Affiliation:
“Teramobile” project, LASIM, UMR CNRS 5579, Bât. A. Kastler, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 43 Bd du 11 novembre 1918, 69619 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
A. Mysyrowicz
Affiliation:
“Teramobile” project, LOA, ENSTA – École Polytechnique, Chemin de la Hunière, 91761 Palaiseau Cedex, France
R. Sauerbrey
Affiliation:
“Teramobile” project, Institut für Optik und Quantenelektronik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Max-Wien-Platz 1, 07743 Jena, Germany
J. P. Wolf
Affiliation:
“Teramobile” project, LASIM, UMR CNRS 5579, Bât. A. Kastler, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 43 Bd du 11 novembre 1918, 69619 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
L. Wöste
Affiliation:
“Teramobile” project, Institut für Experimentalphysik, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany
*
[email protected]
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Abstract

We describe the Teramobile system, a new mobile femtosecond multi-terawatt laser and detection system based on a state-of-the art CPA laser system embedded in a standard freight container, as well as a mobile detection unit allowing a characterization of the nonlinear propagation of high power laser pulses over long horizontal distances. The unique mobility feature of the whole system opens the way to previously unreachable applications for high-power laser pulses in the field of atmospheric research (lidar, laser-triggered lightning), which are also briefly reviewed.

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The European Physical Journal - Applied Physics , Volume 20 , Issue 3: ACO: Action Coordonnée Optique , December 2002 , pp. 183 - 190
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© EDP Sciences, 2002

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