News
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Demonstration of Laser guided lightning
The results of the LLR experimental campaign performed on Mont Saentis in 2021 have been published in Nature Photonics on January 16. We report the first demonstration of laser guided lighting over 50 m using laser filamentation. This work represents an important step forward in the development of a laser based lightning protection.Link to publisher
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A Phd position available at EPFL
A PhD position starting in January 2021 (4 years duration) is now open at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) to work on “Upward Lightning Initiation and Development”. More details here
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Article dans La Liberté
Au Säntis, le laser détourne la foudre Un consortium constitué autour de physiciens de l’Université de Genève veut révolutionner le paratonnerre. Link to the article
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Article in CNN.com
Scientists are trying to control lightning with a giant laser
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Article in Optics and Photonics News
Can a “Super Laser” Tame Lightning? “The Germany-based laser and machine tool behemoth Trumpf announced that—working with scientists at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, and other organizations—it has hauled a 5-ton, 9-m-long “super laser” to the top of Säntis mountain in the Swiss Alps, and has installed and fired up the terawatt-scale light source. The…
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First experiment with the laser on Mont Saentis
First images of the laser LLR laser firing up on the Saentis Mountain.
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TV report on SRF
Laserkanone auf dem Säntis soll zum modernen Blitzableiter werden Ein Forscherteam will mit einem riesigen Laser Blitze gezielt leiten. Eine Testanlage steht auf dem Säntis.
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Video: Installation of the LLR experiment on the Saentis Mountain
“Installé depuis le 18 mai au sommet du Säntis, dans les cantons d’Appenzell et St-Gall, un laser haute puissance vise à déclencher des éclairs et à guider la foudre loin des zones sensibles. Ce projet, intitulé «Laser Lightning Rod», est mené par un consortium européen dans lequel l’UNIGE a un rôle central. Des membres de…
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Press release: A laser will track lightning on the Säntis
Press release: A laser will track lightning on the Säntis