Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science II

• Main Authors: Yamanouchi, Kaoru (Author), Chin, See Leang (Author), Agostini, Pierre (Author), Ferrante, Gaetano (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Series: Springer Series in Chemical Physics, 85
• Subjects: Physics.; Atoms.; Matter.; Plasma (Ionized gases).; Lasers.; Photonics.; Optics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.; Laser Technology, Photonics.; Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Laser Matter Interaction.; Plasma Physics.

This book series addresses a newly emerging interdisciplinary research field, Ultrafast Intense Laser Science, 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...

Table of Contents:

• Coulomb Explosion Imaging of Molecular Dynamics in Intense Laser Fields
• Intact Molecular Ion Formation of Some Organic Molecules by Femtosecond Lasers
• Ultrafast Electron Dynamics
• S-Matrix Theory of Nonsequential Double Ionization
• Laser Control of Chemical Dynamics. I. Control of Electronic Transitions by Quadratic Chirping
• Laser Control of Chemical Dynamics. II. Control of Wavepacket Motion
• Pulse Shaping Technology of Intense Femtosecond Laser Pulses for Molecule Control
• Control of High Harmonic Generation Processes Using Chirped and Self-Guided Femtosecond Laser Pulses
• Focusing Intense High-Order Harmonics to a Micron Spot Size
• Application of X-Ray Spectroscopy to the Study of Energy Transport in Plasma Produced by an Ultrahigh-Intensity Laser
• Collimated and Ultrafast X-Ray Beams from Laser-Plasma Interactions
• Investigations of Relativistic Laser Plasma from Micron-Sized Ar Clusters
• Full Vectorial, Intense Ultrashort Pulse Propagators: Derivation and Applications
• Some Properties of Femtosecond Laser Filamentation Relevant to Atmospheric Applications Part I. The Robustness of Filamentation
• Some Properties of Femtosecond Laser Filamentation Relevant to Atmospheric Applications Part II. Large-Scale Filamentation
• Fast Electrons in High-Intensity Laser Interactions with Plasmas
• Ultraintense Electromagnetic Radiation in Plasmas: Part II. Relativistic Electromagnetic Solitons and Laser-Driven Ion Acceleration.