Progress in ultrafast intense laser science 1

See Leang Chin, Pierre Agostini, Gaetano Ferrante3540344217, 9783540344216, 9783540381532, 3540381538

This is the first of a series of books on Ultrafast Intense Laser Science, a newly emerging interdisciplinary research field, spanning atomic and molecular physics, molecular science, and optical science. Its progress is being stimulated by the recent development of ultrafast laser technologies. Highlights of this volume include intense VUV laser-cluster interaction, resonance and chaos-assisted tunneling, and the effects of the carrier-envelope phase on high-order harmonic generation. All chapters are authored by foremost experts in their fields and the presentation is at a level accessible to newcomers and graduate students, each chapter beginning with an introductory overview.

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Table of contents :
Contents……Page 9
1 Stabilization of Atoms in a Strong Laser Field……Page 16
2 Creation of Novel Quasi-Bound States in High-Frequency Intense Laser Fields……Page 34
3 Multielectron Effects of Diatomic Molecules in Strong Laser Fields……Page 58
4 Strong-Field Correlation Imaging……Page 74
5 First-Principle Density-Functional Approach for Many-Electron Dynamics Under Intense Laser Fields……Page 91
6 Plasma Physics in the Strong Coupling Regime: Intense VUV Laser–Cluster Interaction……Page 109
7 Resonance- and Chaos-Assisted Tunneling……Page 120
8 Effects of Carrier-Envelope Phase of Few-Cycle Pulses on High-Order Harmonic Generation……Page 145
9 Short-Pulse Laser-Produced Plasmas……Page 163
10 Ultraintense Electromagnetic Radiation in Plasmas……Page 179
11 Unusual Optical Properties of the Dense Nonequilibrium Plasma……Page 199
12 Radiative Recombination in a Strong Laser Field……Page 225
13 Femtosecond Filamentation in Air……Page 247
14 Pulse Self-Compression in the Nonlinear Propagation of Intense Femtosecond Laser Pulse in Normally Dispersive Solids……Page 271
15 Ultraintense Tabletop Laser System and Plasma Applications……Page 286
16 Induction of Permanent Structure in Transparent Materials……Page 313
C……Page 330
D……Page 331
G……Page 332
L……Page 333
N……Page 334
P……Page 335
S……Page 336
T……Page 337
Z……Page 338