Experimental study of the interaction between terahertz radiation from the Novosibirsk free-electron laser and water aerosol
G. N. Kulipanov1, A. A. Lisenko2, G. G. Matvienko2, V. K. Oshlakov2, V. V. Kubarev1, E. N. Chesnokov3, S. V. Babchenko2
1Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Siberian Branch of the RAS, 630090, Novosibirsk, 11, Ac. Lavrentieva 2V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, 1, Academician Zuev square, Tomsk, 634021, Russia 3V.V. Voevodsky Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion of the Siberian Branch of the RAS, 3 Institutskaya str., 3, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia
Keywords: THz radiation, free-electron laser, remote sensing
Abstract
The interaction of high–power terahertz radiation from the Novosibirsk free-electron laser at a wavelength of 130 mm in atmospheric transparency window with a model aerosol cloud having the known droplet size distribution function has been studied experimentally for the first time. The experimental data are compared with theoretical calculations obtained from solution of the lidar equation for conditions of the experiment.
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