Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science VIII

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Yamanouchi, Kaoru (Editor), Nisoli, Mauro (Editor), Hill, Wendell T. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Springer Series in Chemical Physics, 103
• Subjects: Physics.; Physical chemistry.; Quantum optics.; Lasers.; Photonics.; Spectroscopy.; Microscopy.; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Laser Technology, Photonics.; Physical Chemistry.; Quantum Optics.; Applied and Technical Physics.; Spectroscopy and Microscopy.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.

The PUILS series delivers up-to-date reviews of progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science, a newly emerging interdisciplinary research field spanning atomic and molecular physics, molecular science and optical science which has been stimulated by the recent developments in ultrafast laser technolo...

Table of Contents:

• Probing electron dynamics in simple molecules with attosecond pulses
• Enhanced ionization of molecules in mntense laser fields
• Ultrafast optical gating by molecular alignment
• Experiments in population trapping in atoms and molecules by an intense short laser pulse
• Two-XUV-photon processes: A key instrument in attosecond pulse metrology and time domain applications
• Controlling the motion of electronic wavepackets using cycle-sculpted two-color laser fields
• Characterization of femtosecond laser filament-induced plasma and its applciation to asmospheric sensing
• Cascaded laser wake field acceleration scheme for mono-energetic high energy electron beam generation
• Laser radiation pressure accelerator for quasi-monoenergetic proton generation and its medical implications.