Fundamentals of Laser Interactions II: Proceedings of the Fourth Meeting on Laser Phenomena Held at the Bundessportheim in Obergurgl, Austria, 26 Febr [Paperback]

At this Obergurgl seminar, theoreticians and experimentalists discussed recent developments in laser interactions. This volume contains the texts of invited lectures and abstracts of contributed papers. The main topics discussed are: * multiphoton ionization * above-threshold ionization * collisions in strong fields * atoms in intense fields * chaos in radiative interactions * electron correlations in multiphoton processes * Rydberg atoms in external fields * other laser interactions. Thus a broad and up-to-date account of laser interactions is given which will be of interest to scientists, engineers and graduate students.Resonance multiphoton ionization under strong fields.- On the Problem of the New structure in multiphoton ionization introduced by short-pulse high intensity lasers.- Resonant multiphoton ionization of xenon and atomic hydrogen in intense sub-ps-laser pulses.- Multiphoton detachment from negative ions.- Multiphoton processes in intense laser fields.- Harmonic generation in rare gases at high laser intensity.- Ionization of atoms by an intense Co2 laser.- Studies of strong-field effects in multiphoton subpicosecond excited plasmas: Soft X-ray fluorescence and propagation.- Theoretical aspects of multiphoton ionization and harmonic generation.- Eigenchannel r-matrix calculation of photoionisation processes in strontium.- Resonant multiphoton excitation of autoionizing rydberg states and planetary atoms.- Electron Correlations in Time and Space.- Correlations in multiply excited atoms.- Strong field coheimce effects in the processes of photoionization from rydberg levels.- Observation of electronic wave packets with short laser pulses.- Many photon absorption in a near-classical regime.- Localization properties of rydberg atoms in the presence of noisy microwave fields.- Diamagnetism of the Hydrogen Atom in the Quasi-Landau-Regime.- Atomic interactions in superintense, high-frequency laser fields.- Photoionization and dissociation of the triatomic hlC7