Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science III

Kaoru Yamanouchi, See Leang Chin, Pierre Agostini, Gaetano Ferrante (auth.)978-3-540-73793-3, 978-3-540-73794-0

The PUILS series presents Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science, a newly emerging interdisciplinary research field spanning atomic and molecular physics, molecular science, and optical science. PUILS has been stimulated by the recent development of ultrafast laser technologies. Each volume contains approximately 15 chapters, authored by researchers at the forefront. Each chapter opens with an overview of the topics to be discussed, so that researchers, who are not experts in the specific topics, as well as graduate students can grasp the importance and attractions of this sub-field of research, and these are followed by reports of cutting-edge discoveries. This third volume covers a diverse range of disciplines, focusing on such topics as strong field ionization of atoms, ionization and fragmentation of molecules and clusters, generation of high-order harmonics and attosecond pulses, filamentation and laser plasma interaction, and the development of ultrashort and ultrahigh-intensity light sources.

Table of contents :
Front Matter….Pages I-XII
Foundations of the Strong-Field Approximation….Pages 1-31
Trajectory Description of Ionization Processes in Strong Optical Fields….Pages 33-52
Many Electron Ionization Processes in Strong and Ultrastrong Fields….Pages 53-74
Molecular Rearrangements in Intense Laser Fields….Pages 75-91
Optical Control of Chiral Molecular Motors….Pages 93-112
Non-Coulomb Explosions of Molecules in Intense Laser Fields….Pages 113-127
Excitation, Fragmentation and Control of Large Finite Systems: C 60 in Moderately Strong Laser Fields….Pages 129-148
Theoretical Description of Rare-Gas Clusters Under Intense Laser Pulses….Pages 149-169
Molecular High Order Harmonic Generation….Pages 171-205
Nonlinear Multiphoton Process in the XUV Region and its Application to Autocorrelation Measurement….Pages 207-217
Controlling Light Polarization for Attosecond Pulse Generation….Pages 219-242
Some Fundamental Concepts of Femtosecond Laser Filamentation….Pages 243-264
The Transport of Relativistic, Laser-Produced Electrons in Matter – Part 1….Pages 265-294
The Transport of Relativistic, Laser-Produced Electrons in Matter – Part 2….Pages 295-322
Ultrafast, Ultrahigh Intensity Lasers: Challenges and Perspectives….Pages 323-355
Back Matter….Pages 357-365