Alain MIFFRE Associate Professor in PhysicsInstitute of Light and Matter (iLM)ATMOS research groupLyon 1 UniversityFaculty of SciencesPhysics DepartmentFrance

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alain-miffre

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0000-0003-1296-2349

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Présentation

My research field is the optical properties of atmospheric aerosols, which I study in laboratory (LIAPS experiment for Laboratory Instrument for Aerosol Polarimetry and Spectroscopy) and in field through lidar remote sensing field experiments. I thus developed new optical methodologies aimed at quantifying the optical properties of atmospheric aerosols such as mineral dust, volcanic ash, soots or pollen. I also developed new optical methodologies for trace gas remote sensing in both laboratory and field (2006-2016) and also achieved accurate polarization measurements in the field of quantum optics (atom interferometry, ion trap) for time-frequence metrology (2000-2006).

Publications

Article dans une revue (46)

La télédétection lidar : des fondements aux applications industrielles Patrick Feneyrou,Alain Miffre,Philippe Keckhut,Philippe Goloub,Stéphane Victoriet al. Photoniques, 2026, 136, pp.19-23. ⟨10.1051/photon/202613619⟩ Article dans une revue hal-05595781v1
Polarization Optics to Differentiate Among Bioaerosols for Lidar Applications Alain Miffre,Danaël Cholleton,Adrien Genoud,Antonio Spanu,Patrick Rairoux Photonics, 2024, 11 (11), pp.1067. ⟨10.3390/photonics11111067⟩ Article dans une revue hal-04784004v1
Investigating the dependence of mineral dust depolarization on complex refractive index and size with a laboratory polarimeter at 180.0° lidar backscattering angle Alain Miffre,Danaël Cholleton,Clément Noël,Patrick Rairoux Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2023, 16 (2), pp.403-417. ⟨10.5194/amt-16-403-2023⟩ Article dans une revue hal-04422547v1
Laboratory evaluation of the scattering matrix of ragweed, ash, birch and pine pollen towards pollen classification Danaël Cholleton,Émilie Bialic,Antoine Dumas,Pascal Kaluzny,Patrick Rairouxet al. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2022, 15 (4), pp.1021-1032. ⟨10.5194/amt-15-1021-2022⟩ Article dans une revue hal-03607628v1
Laboratory Evaluation of the (355, 532) nm Particle Depolarization Ratio of Pure Pollen at 180.0° Lidar Backscattering Angle Danaël Cholleton,Patrick Rairoux,Alain Miffre Remote Sensing, 2022, 14 (15), pp.3767. ⟨10.3390/rs14153767⟩ Article dans une revue hal-04422561v1
Decrease in sulfate aerosol light backscattering by reactive uptake of isoprene epoxydiols C. Dubois,D. Cholleton,R. Gemayel,Y. Chen,J. Surrattet al. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2021, 23 (10), pp.5927-5935. ⟨10.1039/D0CP05468B⟩ Article dans une revue hal-03190090v1
(UV, VIS) Laboratory evaluation of the lidar depolarization ratio of freshly emitted soot aggregates from pool fire in ambient air at exact backscattering angle Lucas Paulien,Romain Ceolato,Frédéric Fossard,Patrick Rairoux,Alain Miffre Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 2021, 260, pp.107451. ⟨10.1016/j.jqsrt.2020.107451⟩ Article dans une revue hal-03143761v1
Origins and Spatial Distribution of Non-Pure Sulfate Particles (NSPs) in the Stratosphere Detected by the Balloon-Borne Light Optical Aerosols Counter (LOAC) Jean-Baptiste Renard,Gwenaël Berthet,Anny Chantal Levasseur-Regourd,Sergey Beresnev,Alain Miffreet al. Atmosphere, 2020, 11 (10), pp.1031. ⟨10.3390/atmos11101031⟩ Article dans une revue insu-02950008v1
On the use of light polarization to investigate the size, shape, and refractive index dependence of backscattering Ångström exponents Alain Miffre,Danaël Cholleton,Patrick Rairoux Optics Letters, 2020, 45 (5), pp.1084-1087. ⟨10.1364/OL.385107⟩ Article dans une revue hal-02543041v1
Laboratory evaluation of the (VIS, IR) scattering matrix of complex-shaped ragweed pollen particles Danaël Cholleton,Emilie Bialic,Antoine Dumas,Pascal Kaluzny,Patrick Rairouxet al. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 2020, 254, pp.107223. ⟨10.1016/j.jqsrt.2020.107223⟩ Article dans une revue hal-02967601v1
Laboratory evaluation of the scattering matrix elements of mineral dust particles from 176.0 degrees up to 180.0 degrees-exact backscattering angle Alain Miffre,Danaël Cholleton,Patrick Rairoux Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 2019, 222, pp.45-59. ⟨10.1016/j.jqsrt.2018.10.019⟩ Article dans une revue hal-02285873v1
Remote Sensing Observation of New Particle Formation Events with a (UV, VIS) Polarization Lidar Alain Miffre,Danaël Cholleton,Tahar Mehri,Patrick Rairoux Remote Sensing, 2019, 11 (15), pp.1761. ⟨10.3390/rs11151761⟩ Article dans une revue hal-02368383v1
Investigating the size, shape and surface roughness dependence of polarization lidars with light-scattering computations on real mineral dust particles: Application to dust particles' external mixtures and dust mass concentration retrievals T. Mehri,O. Kemppinen,G. David,H. Lindqvist,J. Tyynelaet al. Atmospheric Research, 2018, 203, pp.44-61. ⟨10.1016/j.atmosres.2017.11.027⟩ Article dans une revue hal-02290289v1
Remote sensing of methane with OSAS-lidar on the 2ν3 band Q-branch: Experimental proof Sandrine Galtier,Christophe Anselmo,Jean-Yves Welschinger,J.F. Sivignon,Jean-Pierre Cariouet al. Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy, 2018, 348, pp.130-136. ⟨10.1016/j.jms.2018.02.001⟩ Article dans une revue hal-02095226v1
Gas concentration measurement by optical similitude absorption spectroscopy: methodology and experimental demonstration Christophe Anselmo,Jean-Yves Welschinger,Jean-Pierre Cariou,Alain Miffre,Patrick Rairoux Optics Express, 2016, 24 (12), pp.12588. ⟨10.1364/oe.24.012588⟩ Article dans une revue hal-04422610v1
UV-VIS depolarization from Arizona Test Dust particles at exact backscattering angle Alain Miffre,Tahar Mehri,Mirvatte Francis,Patrick Rairoux Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 2016, 169, pp.79-90. ⟨10.1016/j.jqsrt.2015.09.016⟩ Article dans une revue hal-02290200v1
Remote Sensing of Greenhouse Gases by Combining Lidar and Optical Correlation Spectroscopy Christophe Anselmo,B. Thomas,Alain Miffre,M. Francis,J. P. Cariouet al. EPJ Web of Conferences, 2016, 119, pp.05007. ⟨10.1051/epjconf/201611905007⟩ Article dans une revue hal-02304944v1
Lidar remote sensing of laser-induced incandescence on light absorbing particles in the atmosphere Alain Miffre,Christophe Anselmo,Sylvain Geffroy,Emeric Fréjafon,Patrick Rairoux Optics Express, 2015, 23 (3), pp.2347. ⟨10.1364/OE.23.002347⟩ Article dans une revue ineris-04223856v1
UV polarization lidar for remote sensing new particles formation in the atmosphere G. David,B. Thomas,Y. Dupart,B. d'Anna,C. Georgeet al. Optics Express, 2014, 22, pp.A1009-A1022. ⟨10.1364/oe.22.0a1009⟩ Article dans une revue hal-01057451v1
Remote sensing of atmospheric gases with optical correlation spectroscopy and lidar: first experimental results on water vapor profile measurements Benjamin Thomas,Grégory David,Christophe Anselmo,Jean-Pierre Cariou,Alain Miffreet al. Applied Physics B - Laser and Optics, 2013, 113 (2), pp.265-275. ⟨10.1007/s00340-013-5468-4⟩ Article dans une revue hal-03233602v1
Retrieving simulated volcanic, desert dust and sea-salt particle properties from two/three-component particle mixtures using UV-VIS polarization lidar and T matrix G. David,B. Thomas,T. Nousiainen,A. Miffre,P. Rairoux Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2013, 13 (14), pp.6757-6776. ⟨10.5194/acp-13-6757-2013⟩ Article dans une revue hal-03098040v1
Polarization-resolved exact light backscattering by an ensemble of particles in air Gregory David,Benjamin Thomas,Élodie Coillet,Alain Miffre,Patrick Rairoux Optics Express, 2013, 21 (16), pp.18624. ⟨10.1364/OE.21.018624⟩ Article dans une revue hal-03013907v1
Remote sensing of methane with broadband laser and optical correlation spectroscopy on the Q-branch of the 2ν3 band Benjamin Thomas,Grégory David,Christophe Anselmo,Elodie Coillet,Katja Riethet al. Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy, 2013, 291, pp.3-8. ⟨10.1016/j.jms.2013.05.015⟩ Article dans une revue istex hal-03097985v1
Sensitive and accurate dual-wavelength UV-VIS polarization detector for optical remote sensing of tropospheric aerosols G. David,Alain Miffre,B. Thomas,P. Rairoux Applied Physics B - Laser and Optics, 2012, 108 (1), pp.197-216. ⟨10.1007/s00340-012-5066-x⟩ Article dans une revue hal-04452145v1
Mineral dust photochemistry induces nucleation events in the presence of SO 2 Yoan Dupart,Stephanie King,Bettina Nekat,Andreas Nowak,Alfred Wiedensohleret al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2012, 109 (51), pp.20842-20847. ⟨10.1073/pnas.1212297109⟩ Article dans une revue hal-04452137v1
Interpretation of Accurate UV Polarization Lidar Measurements: Application to Volcanic Ash Number Concentration Retrieval Alain Miffre,G. David,B. Thomas,M. Abou Chacra,P. Rairoux Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 2012, 29 (4), pp.558-568. ⟨10.1175/JTECH-D-11-00124.1⟩ Article dans une revue hal-04452147v1
Remote sensing of trace gases with optical correlation spectroscopy and lidar: theoretical and numerical approach B. Thomas,Alain Miffre,G. David,J.-P. Cariou,P. Rairoux Applied Physics B - Laser and Optics, 2012, 108 (3), pp.689-702. ⟨10.1007/s00340-012-5040-7⟩ Article dans une revue istex hal-04452140v1
Volcanic aerosol optical properties and phase partitioning behavior after long-range advection characterized by UV-Lidar measurements Alain Miffre,G. David,B. Thomas,P. Rairoux,A.M. Fjaeraaet al. Atmospheric Environment, 2012, 48, pp.76-84. ⟨10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.03.057⟩ Article dans une revue istex hal-04452148v1
Mineral dust photochemistry induces nucleation events in the presence of SO2 Y. Dupart,S. M. King,B. Nekat,A. Nowak,A. Wiedensohleret al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2012, 109, pp.20842-20847. ⟨10.1073/pnas.1212297109⟩ Article dans une revue hal-00797945v1
Atmospheric non-spherical particles optical properties from UV-polarization lidar and scattering matrix Alain Miffre,Grégory David,Benjamin Thomas,Patrick Rairoux Geophysical Research Letters, 2011, 38 (16), pp.n/a-n/a. ⟨10.1029/2011GL048310⟩ Article dans une revue istex hal-04452150v1
Volcanic aerosol optical properties and phase partitioning behavior after long-range advection characterized by UV-Lidar measurements Alain Miffre,Gregory David,Benjamin Thomas,Patrick Rairoux,A. M. Fjaeraaet al. Atmospheric Environment, 2011, 48, pp.76-84. ⟨10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.03.057⟩ Article dans une revue istex hal-00676487v1
Atmospheric non-spherical particles optical properties from UV-polarization lidar and scattering matrix Alain Miffre,Gregory David,Benjamin Thomas,Patrick Rairoux Geophysical Research Letters, 2011, 38, pp.L16804. ⟨10.1029/2011GL048310⟩ Article dans une revue istex hal-00676496v1
Aerosol load study in urban area by Lidar and numerical model Alain Miffre,M. Abou Chacra,S. Geffroy,P. Rairoux,Lionel Soulhacet al. Atmospheric Environment, 2010, 44, pp.1152-1161. ⟨10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.12.031⟩ Article dans une revue istex hal-00566052v1
Dispersion compensation in atom interferometry by a Sagnac phase Marion Jacquey,Alain Miffre,Gérard Trénec,Matthias Büchner,Jacques Viguéet al. Physical Review A : Atomic, molecular, and optical physics [1990-2015], 2008, 78, pp.013638. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevA.78.013638⟩ Article dans une revue hal-00315883v1
Test of the isotopic and velocity selectivity of a lithium atom interferometer by magnetic dephasing Marion Jacquey,Alain Miffre,Matthias Büchner,Gérard Trénec,Jacques Vigué EPL - Europhysics Letters, 2007, 77 (2), pp.20007. ⟨10.1209/0295-5075/77/20007⟩ Article dans une revue hal-00114617v1
Phase noise due to vibrations in Mach-Zehnder atom interferometers Marion Jacquey,Alain Miffre,Matthias Büchner,Gérard Trénec,Jacques Vigué EPL - Europhysics Letters, 2006, 75 (5), pp.688-694. ⟨10.1209/epl/i2006-10177-6⟩ Article dans une revue hal-00022285v1
Atom interferometry Alain Miffre,M Jacquey,M Büchner,G Trénec,J Vigué Physica Scripta, 2006, 74 (2), pp.C15-C23. ⟨10.1088/0031-8949/74/2/N01⟩ Article dans une revue hal-04452184v1
Atom interferometry measurement of the electric polarizability of lithium Alain Miffre,M. Jacquey,M. Büchner,G. Trénec,J. Vigué The European Physical Journal D : Atomic, molecular, optical and plasma physics, 2006, 38 (2), pp.353-365. ⟨10.1140/epjd/e2006-00015-5⟩ Article dans une revue hal-04452188v1
Measurement of the electric polarizability of lithium by atom interferometry Alain Miffre,M. Jacquey,M. Büchner,G. Trénec,J. Vigué Physical Review A, 2006, 73 (1), pp.011603. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevA.73.011603⟩ Article dans une revue hal-04452186v1
Vibration induced phase noise in Mach-Zehnder atom interferometers Alain Miffre,Marion Jacquey,Matthias Büchner,Gérard Trénec,Jacques Vigué Applied Physics B - Laser and Optics, 2006, 84 (4), pp.617-625. ⟨10.1007/s00340-006-2377-9⟩ Article dans une revue hal-00022231v1
Parallel temperatures in supersonic beams: Ultracooling of light atoms seeded in a heavier carrier gas Alain Miffre,M. Jacquey,M. Büchner,G. Trénec,J. Vigué The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2005, 122 (9), ⟨10.1063/1.1850897⟩ Article dans une revue hal-04452199v1
Lithium atom interferometer using laser diffraction: description and experiments Alain Miffre,M. Jacquey The European Physical Journal D : Atomic, molecular, optical and plasma physics, 2005, 33 (1), pp.99-112. ⟨10.1140/epjd/e2005-00011-3⟩ Article dans une revue hal-04452194v1
Anomalous cooling of the parallel velocity in seeded beams Alain Miffre,M. Jacquey,M. Büchner,G. Trénec,J. Vigué Physical Review A, 2004, 70 (3), pp.030701. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevA.70.030701⟩ Article dans une revue hal-04452200v1
Diffraction phases in atom interferometers Caroline Champenois,Matthias Büchner,Rémi Delhuille,Alain Miffre,Cécile Robilliardet al. Physical Review A : Atomic, molecular, and optical physics [1990-2015], 2003, 68, pp.013607. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevA.68.013607⟩ Article dans une revue hal-00000078v3
The three-grating Mach Zehnder optical interferometer: a tutorial approach using particle optics Alain Miffre,R Delhuille,B Viaris De Lesegno,M B Chner,C Rizzoet al. European Journal of Physics, 2002, 23 (6), pp.623-635. ⟨10.1088/0143-0807/23/6/304⟩ Article dans une revue istex hal-04452201v1
Optimization of a Langmuir–Taylor detector for lithium R. Delhuille,Alain Miffre,E. Lavallette,M. Büchner,C. Rizzoet al. Review of Scientific Instruments, 2002, 73 (6), pp.2249-2258. ⟨10.1063/1.1472467⟩ Article dans une revue hal-04452225v1

Communication dans un congrès (5)

Laboratory Evaluation of the Lidar Particle Depolarization Ratio (PDR) of Sulfates, Soot, and Mineral Dust at 180.0° Lidar Backscattering Angle Alain Miffre,Rairoux Patrick International Laser Radar Conference, Jun 2022, Montana, United States. ⟨10.1007/978-3-031-37818-8_35⟩ Communication dans un congrès hal-04452284v1
Remote sensing of methane emissions by combining optical similitude absorption spectroscopy (OSAS) and lidar Sandrine Galtier,Christophe Anselmo,Jean-Yves Welschinger,Jean-Pierre Cariou,Jean-François Sivignonet al. 28th International Laser Radar Conference (ILRC 28), Jun 2017, Bucarest (Romania), Romania. pp.01010, ⟨10.1051/epjconf/201817601010⟩ Communication dans un congrès hal-04713505v1
In situ optical measurement of the interplanetary dust concentration from Earth's orbit Jean-Baptiste Renard,Olivier Mousis,Jérémie Vaubaillon,Nicolas Verdier,Gwenaël Berthetet al. 20th EGU General Assembly, Apr 2018, Vienne, Austria. pp.EGU2018-2393-1 Communication dans un congrès insu-03566338v1
The Carbon Aerosol / Particles Nucleation with a Lidar: Numerical Simulations and Field Studies Alain Miffre,Christophe Anselmo,Mirvatte Francis,Gregory David,Patrick Rairoux The 27th International Laser Radar Conference (ILRC 27), Jul 2015, New York, NY, United States. pp.18001, ⟨10.1051/epjconf/201611918001⟩ Communication dans un congrès hal-04713511v1
Photochemistry of Airborne Dust Produces Nucleation Events in the Troposphere Y. Dupart,B. Danna,Alain Miffre,Patrick Rairoux,Hartmut Herrmannet al. Goldschmidt2013, Aug 2013, Florence, France Communication dans un congrès hal-00859631v1

Chapitre d'ouvrage (1)

Light Backscattering by Atmospheric Particles: From Laboratory to Field Experiments Alain Miffre Alexander Kokhanovsky. Springer Series in Light Scattering Volume 8: Light Polarization and Multiple Scattering in Turbid Media, 8, Springer International Publishing; Springer, pp.157-194, 2022, Springer Series in Light Scattering, 978-3-031-10298-1. ⟨10.1007/978-3-031-10298-1_5⟩ Chapitre d'ouvrage hal-04452233v1

Proceedings/Recueil des communications (1)

Lidar remote sensing of atmospheric aerosols: investigation of involved particles sizes using Backscattering Ångström Exponents and application to the remote observation of new particle formation events Alain Miffre,Danaël Cholleton,Patrick Rairoux European Geophysical Union, 2021, ⟨10.5194/egusphere-egu21-12672⟩ Proceedings/Recueil des communications hal-04452302v1

Brevet (1)

System and method for detecting and quantifying gaseous constituents in the atmosphere Duclaux Olivier,Patrick Rairoux,Alain Miffre,Jean-Yves Welschinger,Sandrine Galtier France, Patent n° : WO2021122885 (A1). 2021 Brevet hal-04452241v1

Pré-publication, Document de travail (6)

Atom interferometry Alain Miffre,Marion Jacquey,Matthias Büchner,Gérard Trénec,Jacques Vigué 2006 Pré-publication, Document de travail hal-00023896v1
Measurement of the electric polarizability of lithium by atom interferometry Alain Miffre,Marion Jacquey,Matthias Büchner,Gérard Trénec,Jacques Vigué 2005 Pré-publication, Document de travail hal-00005359v1
Lithium atom interferometer using laser diffraction : description and experiments Alain Miffre,Marion Jacquey,Matthias Büchner,Gérard Trénec,Jacques Vigué 2005 Pré-publication, Document de travail hal-00003124v4
Atom interferometry measurement of the electric polarizability of lithium Alain Miffre,Marion Jacquey,Matthias Büchner,Gérard Trénec,Jacques Vigué 2005 Pré-publication, Document de travail hal-00007737v2
Anomalous cooling of the parallel velocity in seeded beams Alain Miffre,Marion Jacquey,Matthias Büchner,Gérard Trénec,Jacques Vigué 2004 Pré-publication, Document de travail hal-00001006v3
Parallel Temperatures in Supersonic Beams: Ultra Cooling of Light Atoms seeded in a Heavier Carrier Gas Alain Miffre,Marion Jacquey,Matthias Büchner,Gérard Trénec,Jacques Vigué 2004 Pré-publication, Document de travail hal-00002148v3

Thèse (1)

Expériences d'interférométrie atomique avec le lithium. Mesure de précision de la polarisabilité électrique Alain Miffre Physique Atomique [physics.atom-ph]. Université Paul Sabatier - Toulouse III, 2005. Français. ⟨NNT : ⟩ Thèse tel-00010300v2