Shape and delay of CO2-laser pulses in fog

The problem of propagation of 10.6 μm-CO2 laser pulses in fog has been formulated and solved numerically, making use of Duhammel's principle. Fog droplets are considered Mie scatterers in the Rayleigh limit. Evaporation, power loss and time delay of pulse peak have been studied. Possible extensions of the technique have been discussed.