Overview

Super-intense laser pulses produce electric field strength peak values of the order of 1016-1018 W/cm2 in the infrared. The interaction of such fields with an atomic system (for example, atom, molecule, cluster), gives rise to highly non-linear processes such as the emission of very fast ions or the production of coherent X-radiation. Such processes have important applications in many different fields, such as biology or nuclear fusion. The latest research in the area is described here, concentrating on: the double ionization of complex atoms; the ionization and dissociation dynamics of molecules; the interaction of clusters with very intense, femtosecond laser pulses; the production of very intense, coherent short wavelength radiation; stabilization and relativistic effects in super-strong fields; Rydberg atoms and strong field coherent control.

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Author:   Bernard Piraux ,  Kazimierz Rzazewski
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001
Volume:   12
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   1.340kg
ISBN:  

9780792368649

ISBN 10:   0792368649
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   31 March 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Energy distribution of two-electron ionization of helium in an intense laser field.- Double ionization in strong fields: ion momenta and correlated electron momenta.- Mechanism of the nonsequential double ionization of helium.- Electron momentum distributions for double ionization in the strong field limit.- S-matrix theory of ‘recoil-ion’ momentum distribution for double ionization in femtosecond laser fields.- Nonsequential double ionization: a minimal correlation approach.- Non-sequential double ionization of atoms in strong fields.- Double-electron ionization of two-electron system in a strong laser field.- Calculation of double ionization of helium.- The two-electron response in laser driven helium.- The helium atom in strong and short laser pulses: Multielectron effects.- Dynamics of a two-electron system driven by an ultrashort and intense laser pulse.- Angular distributions for double ionization by an ultrashort, intense laser pulse: the case of Li-.- Two-and three electron atoms in strong laser fields.- Tunnelling ionization and the Franck-Condon principle.- Dissociative ionization of few-electron molecules in intense laser fields.- One-photon breakup of H2+ in a strong DC field.- Nuclear fusion in gases of deuterium clusters and hot electron generation in droplet sprays under irradiation with an intense femtosecond laser.- The absorption of energy by large atomic clusters from superintense laser pulses.- A semi-classical model for high-harmonic generation.- Beyond the simple man’s model for high harmonic generation.- Anisotropy-induced polarization effects in harmonic generation by an absorptive medium.- About new method of high harmonic amplification.- X-ray generation via stimulated recombination of electrons and Bohr’s correspondence principle.-Interference stabilization: ?- and V-schemes, dynamics of ionization initial coherent population of Rydberg levels and quantum phase control of the ionization yield.- Computer experiments on atomic stabilization in a strong laser field.- Quasistationary stabilization of the decay of a weakly-bound level and its breakdown in a strong laser field.- The strong field limit of atomic stabilization in ultrashort pulses.- 3-D numerical calculations of laser atom interactions — Subrelativistic and weakly relavistic regime.- Momentum space description of hydrogen atom interacting with a low frequency, strong laser field.- Relativistic effects in the atomic response to super-intense laser pulses.- Weakly relativistic stabilization — The effect of the magnetic field.- Intense laser-atom interactions: beyond the dipole approximation.- A picturebook of relativistically driven wavepackets.- Position dependent tunneling speed for particles under a barrier.- Relativistic energy and angular distributions of electrons in the ionization of atoms by super-intense laser radiation.- Atomic wave packets created by short electric pulses.- Strong field coherent control.- Author Index.

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