Interaction of Ultrashort Electromagnetic Pulses with Matter

• Main Author: Astapenko, Valeriy (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Physics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Optics.; Electrodynamics.; Atoms.; Matter.; Lasers.; Photonics.; Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Laser Matter Interaction.; Laser Technology, Photonics.; Optics and Electrodynamics.
• Physical Description: VIII, 94 p. 44 illus., 40 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783642359699
• ISSN: 2191-5423

The book is devoted to the theory describing the interaction of  ultra-short electromagnetic pulses (USP) with matter, including both classical and quantum cases. This theme is a hot topic in modern physics because of the great achievements in generating USP. Special attention is given to the peculiarities of UPS-matter interaction. One of the important items of this book is the derivation and applications of a new formula which describes the total photo-process probability under the action of USP in the framework of perturbation theory. Strong field-matter interaction is also considered with the use of the Bloch formalism in a two-level approximation for UPS with variable characteristics.  .