Atoms, Solids, and Plasmas in Super-Intense Laser Fields

by Dimitri Batani (editor), Charles J. Joachain (Editor), Sergio Martellucci (Editor)

Part 1: Lectures. 1. Ultra-intense lasers and their applications; G. Mourou. Atomic and Molecular Physics. 2. Theory of multiphonton ionization of atoms; N.J. Kylstra, et al. 3. Experiments of multiphoton dissociation and ionization of molecules; H. Rottke. 4. Two-color and sigle-color above threshold ionization; P. Agostini. 5. High-order harmonic generation; P. Saliéres. 6. Cluster in intense laser fields; J.W.G. Tisch. 7. Introduction to laser-plasma interaction and its applications; S. Atzeni. 8. Experimental study of Petawatt laser produced plasmas; M. Key. 9. Relativistic laser plasma interactions; J. Meyer-ter-Vehn, et al. 10. Dense ultrafast plasmas; J.C. Gauthier. 11. Magnetic fields and solitons in relativistic plasmas; F. Pegoraro, et al. Part 2: Seminars. Atomic and Molecular Physics. 12. R-Matrix-floquet theory of two electron atoms in intense laser fields; M. Dörr. 13. Intense-field many-body-matrix applications to recoil momentum distribution for laser-induced double ionization;F.H.M. Faisal. 14. electrons and ions in relativistic laser fields; Y.I. Salamin. 15. the classical and the quantum face of above-threshold ionization; G.G. Paulus, H. Walther. 16. Relativistic effects in non-linear atom-laser interactions at ultrahigh intensities; V. Véniard. Plasmas 17. Plasmas at solid state density generated by ultra-short laser pulses; K. Eidmann. 18.Shock wave experiments and equation of state of dense matter;M. Koenig.19.Laser particle acceleration in plasmas;J.R. Marquès. Part 3: Posters. 20. Elliptic dichroism in angular distributions in free-free transitions in hydrogen; A. Cionga, et al. 21. Shock electromagnetic waves resulting from higher harmonics generation in transparent solids; V.E. Gruzdev, A Guzdeva. 22. study of fast electron propagation in ultra-intense laser pulse interaction with solid targets using rear side optical self-radiation and reflectivity-based diagnostics; J.J. Santos, et al. 23. Demonstration of hybridly pumped soft X-ray laser; F. Bortolotto. 24.X-ray emission from laser irradiated structured gold targets; T. Desai. 25.Measurement of spectral and angular distribution of hard X-rays from laser produced plasmas and their application; S. Düsterer, et al. 26. Equation of state of water in the megabar range; E. Henry. 27. XUV interferometry using high order application to plasma diagnostics; J.F. Hergott. Index.

428 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2001