Strong Field Laser Physics [Paperback]

Due to the rapid progress in laser technology a wealth of novel fundamental and applied applications of lasers in atomic and plasma physics have become possible. This book focuses on the interaction of high intensity lasers with matter. It reviews the state of the art of high power laser sources, intensity laser-atom and laser-plasma interactions, laser matter interaction at relativistic intensities, and QED with intense lasers.

This book deals with the interaction of high intensity lasers with matter. It covers the latest on high-power laser sources, intensity laser-atom and laser-plasma interactions, laser matter interaction at relativistic intensities, and QED with intense lasers.

Due to the rapid progress in laser technology a wealth of novel fundamental and applied applications of lasers in atomic and plasma physics have become possible. This book focuses on the interaction of high intensity lasers with matter. It reviews the state of the art of high power laser sources, intensity laser-atom and laser-plasma interactions, laser matter interaction at relativistic intensities, and QED with intense lasers.

High-Intensity Laser Sources.- High-Energy Pulse Compression Techniques.- Ultrafast Laser Amplifier Systems.- Optical Parametric Amplification Techniques.- Carrier-Envelope Phase of Ultrashort Pulses.- Free-Electron Lasers  High-Intensity X-Ray Sources.- LaserMatter Interaction  Nonrelativistic.- Numerical Methods in Strong Field Physics.- Principles of Single Atom Physics: High-Order Harmonic Generation, Above-Threshold Ionization and Non-Sequential Ionization.- Ionization of Small Molecules by Strong Laser Fields.- Probing Molecular Structure and Dynamics by Laser-Driven Electron Recollisions.- Intense Laser Interaction with Noble Gas Clusters.- Laser-Induced Optical Breakdown in Solids.- Laser-Driven X-ray Sources.- Macroscopic Effects in High-Order Harmonic Generation.- Attosecond Pulses: Generation, Dl³$