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Laser-guided lightning

Marcos Rubinstein, Antonio Sunjerga, Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Amirhossein Mostajabi, Jean-Pierre Wolf, Clemens Herkommer, Pierre Walch, Thomas Produit, Victor Moreno

Lightning discharges between charged clouds and the Earth’s surface are responsible for considerable damages and casualties. It is therefore important to develop better protection methods in addition to the traditional Franklin rod. Here we present the fir ...

Nature Publishing Group2023

The Laser Lightning Rod Project

Marcos Rubinstein, Antonio Sunjerga, Mohammad Azadifar, Amirhossein Mostajabi, Jean-Pierre Wolf, Pierre Walch, Thomas Produit, Victor Moreno

2022

The laser lightning rod project

Marcos Rubinstein, Antonio Sunjerga, Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Mohammad Azadifar, Amirhossein Mostajabi, Jean-Pierre Wolf, Clemens Herkommer, Pierre Walch, Thomas Produit

Lightning is highly destructive due to its high power density and unpredictable character. Directing lightning away would allow to protect sensitive sites from its direct and indirect impacts (electromagnetic perturbations). Up to now, lasers have been una ...

2021

Laser lightning rod and artificial fog dissipation

Marcos Rubinstein, Mohammad Azadifar, Antonio Sunjerga, Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Amirhossein Mostajabi, Jean-Pierre Wolf, Clemens Herkommer, Pierre Walch, Thomas Produit, Victor Moreno

IEEE2021