Atoms in Intense Laser Fields

C. J. Joachain (Universite Libre de Bruxelles),N. J. Kylstra (Universite Libre de Bruxelles),R. M. Potvliege (University of Durham)

Atoms in Intense Laser Fields
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Country
United Kingdom
Published
15 December 2011
Pages
580
ISBN
9780521793018

Atoms in Intense Laser Fields

C. J. Joachain (Universite Libre de Bruxelles),N. J. Kylstra (Universite Libre de Bruxelles),R. M. Potvliege (University of Durham)

The development of lasers capable of producing high-intensity pulses has opened a new area in the study of light-matter interactions. The corresponding laser fields are strong enough to compete with the Coulomb forces in controlling the dynamics of atomic systems and give rise to multiphoton processes. This book presents a unified account of this rapidly developing field of physics. The first part describes the fundamental phenomena occurring in intense laser-atom interactions and gives the basic theoretical framework to analyze them. The second part contains a detailed discussion of Floquet theory, the numerical integration of the wave equations and approximation methods for the low- and high-frequency regimes. In the third part, the main multiphoton processes are discussed: multiphoton ionization, high harmonic and attosecond pulse generation, and laser-assisted electron-atom collisions. Aimed at graduate students in atomic, molecular and optical physics, the book will also interest researchers working on laser interactions with matter.

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