Atomic and Molecular Processes with Short Intense Laser Pulses [Paperback]

Coherence Phenomena.- Laser Pulse Shaping for State-Selective Excitation.- Quantitative Measurement of the Role of Phase Fluctuations in Nonlinear Optical Absorption Processes.- Multiphoton Atomic and Molecular Coherent Excitations with Ultrashort Pulse Sequences.- Temporal Coherence in One-Photon Excitation of a Molecular Quasicontinuum.- Interferometry in the Nonlinear Spectroscopy of Gases.- Effects of Excited State Absorption on Optical Pulse Propagation.- Propagation of Ultrashort Laser Pulses in an N-Level Medium.- High Spectral Brightness Dye Lasers.- Light-Induced Collisional Energy Transfer Revisited.- Theory of Laser-Pulse-Induced Molecular Dynamics: Gas-Phase Molecular Collisions and Adbond Dynamics.- Rydberg States in Laser Fields.- Wave Packets in Vibrational Motion of Sodium Dimer.- Fast Fourier Transform Techniques in Numerical Simulations of Intense Pulse-Molecule Interactions.- Interference in Two-Photon Absorption at High-Field Crossings.- Time-Resolved Electronic Raman Scattering of the Nanosecond Time Scale.- Density Measurements of Hg 2P0,1,2 Excited States in a Discharge Using Saturated Laser Absorption.- High Intensity Multiphoton Processes.- Above Threshold Ionization in Strong Fields and Classical Behavior of Electrons in Short Light Pulses.- Above-Threshold Ionization and the Quantum Mechanics of Wiggling Electrons.- Ultrashort Pulse Multiphoton Ionization of Xenon at moderate Pressures.- Discussion of Limiting Deposition Power Densities in Laser Target Materials.- Above Threshold Ionization in Xe with a CO2 Laser.- Multiphoton Multielectron Excitation and Ionization of H2.- Resonance Ionization Processes in Small Molecules.- Third Harmonic Generation and Multiphoton Ionization Spectroscopy.- Experimental Investigation of Multiphoton Free-Free Transitions.- Theory of Multiphoton Ionization.- Electron Energy Spectrum after Multiphoton Ionization.- All-Order Above Threshold Ionization and Related Problems.- Numerical Simulations of Multiphotol“'