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.
Article in CNN.com
Scientists are trying to control lightning with a giant laser
CNN — “A team of researchers from the University of Geneva has hauled a huge laser atop a mountain to shoot it at the sky, and act as a high-tech lightning rod.
The team is led by Jean-Pierre Wolf, a Swiss physicist who’s been working with laser for more than 20 years and has been particularly fascinated with attempting to control the weather with it.
Laser creates very narrow, high-energy beams of light. Its applications range from cutting diamonds to surgery to reading barcodes, and Wolf believes he can add another to the list: protecting us from lightning.”
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 ultimate goal of this audacious exercise: Demonstrate the ability of lasers to control and safely redirect lightning strikes…”
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.
EPFL work on LLR mentioned in the daily news RTS TV program
“EPFL has developed a system to capture lightning thus preventing the deaths of 20 000 people who die each year from lightning strikes.”
The story was broadcasted at 19:30 on November 8, 2019, on RTS Swiss TV program.
To see the video clic here.
Laser, greffe, cerf-souris…
Article in L’Express
“Laser, greffe, cerf-souris…”
November 13, 2019
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For Scientific Ultrashort-Pulse Lasers, the Sky Is Not the Limit
Article in Photonics Media,
“For Scientific Ultrashort-Pulse Lasers, the Sky Is Not the Limit”, February 2019
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Jean-Pierre WOLF (UNIGE) participation in the CQFD program of RTS, a Swiss Radio TV
A few words to thank JP. Wolf for his participation in the CQFD program on the topic: “Un paratonnerre laser pour diriger la foudre” on March 17, 2020.
To listen back and download this subject broadcasted on RTS, clic on the link below:
https://www.rts.ch/play/radio/cqfd/audio/un-paratonnerre-laser-pour-diriger-la-foudre?id=11136325
To listen to the entire program broadcasted on that day clic here.
“Mit Laserstrahlen gegen Blitze” in St. Galler Tagblatt
Article in St. Galler Tagblatt,
“Mit Laserstrahlen Blitze”
September 5, 2019
“Mit Laserstrahlen gegen Blitze” in Aargauer Zeitun
Article in Aargauer Zeitung,
“Mit Laserstrahlen Blitze”
September 5, 2019