Yamanouchi / Agostini / Ferrante Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science I

1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-3-540-34422-3
Verlag: Springer-Verlag
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 330 Seiten

This is the first of a series of books on Ultrafast Intense Laser Science, a newly emerging interdisciplinary research field that spans atomic and molecular physics, molecular science, and optical science. It covers intense VUV laser-cluster interaction, resonance and chaos-assisted tunneling, and the effects of the carrier-envelope phase on high-order harmonic generation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Yamanouchi, Kaoru

Agostini, Pierre

Ferrante, Gaetano

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Preface;6
2;Contents;9
3;List of Contributors;11
4;1 Stabilization of Atoms in a Strong Laser Field;16
4.1;1.1 Introduction;16
4.2;1.2 Kramers–Henneberger Stabilization;16
4.3;1.3 Interference Stabilization;20
4.4;1.4 Experiment;25
4.5;1.5 Two-Color Interference Stabilization;27
4.6;1.6 Conclusion;32
4.7;References;33
5;2 Creation of Novel Quasi-Bound States in High- Frequency Intense Laser Fields;34
5.1;2.1 Motion of Electrons in High- Frequency Photon Fields;34
5.2;2.2 Light-Induced States;37
5.3;2.3 He–He Chemical Bonding in Intense Laser Fields;49
5.4;2.4 Concluding Remarks;56
5.5;References;56
6;3 Multielectron Effects of Diatomic Molecules in Strong Laser Fields;58
6.1;3.1 Introduction;58
6.2;3.2 Technical Background;59
6.3;3.3 Diatomic Molecules in Strong Fields;61
6.4;3.4 Summary;71
6.5;References;72
7;4 Strong-Field Correlation Imaging:;74
7.1;Revealing Molecular Geometries, Orientation and Dynamics;74
7.2;4.1 Introduction;74
7.3;4.2 The 4p-Image Spectrometer;77
7.4;4.3 Correlation Imaging;79
7.5;4.4 Three-Atom Explosion Dynamics;84
7.6;4.5 Conclusions;89
7.7;References;90
8;5 First-Principles Density-Functional Approach for Many- Electron Dynamics Under Intense Laser Fields;91
8.1;5.1 Introduction;91
8.2;5.2 Static and Time-Dependent DFT;92
8.3;5.3 Linear Optical Response: Electron Dynamics Under Weak Impulsive Dipole Field;93
8.4;5.4 Ionization Under Static Dipole Field: Tunnel Ionization;97
8.5;5.5 Ionization Under Time-Dependent Field;106
8.6;5.6 Summary;106
8.7;References;107
9;6 Plasma Physics in the Strong Coupling Regime: Intense VUV Laser– Cluster Interaction;109
9.1;6.1 Introduction;109
9.2;6.2 Theoretical Model;111
9.3;6.3 Discussion of Results;112
9.4;6.4 Conclusion;118
9.5;References;118
10;7 Resonance- and Chaos-Assisted Tunneling;120
10.1;7.1 Introduction;120
10.2;7.2 Theory of Resonance-Assisted Tunneling;126
10.3;chaos;132
10.4;7.3 Application to the Kicked Harper Model;134
10.5;7.4 Conclusion;141
10.6;Acknowledgement;142
10.7;References;142
11;8 Effects of Carrier-Envelope Phase of Few- Cycle Pulses on High- Order Harmonic Generation;145
11.1;8.1 Introduction;145
11.2;8.2 Hollow-Fiber Compression Technique;146
11.3;8.3 Role of Carrier-Envelope Phase in Strong-Field Photoionization;148
11.4;8.4 CEP Effects in High-Order Harmonic Generation: Few- Cycle Regime;149
11.5;8.5 Nonadiabatic Saddle-Point Method;152
11.6;8.6 CEP Effects in the Multiple-Optical Cycle Regime;156
11.7;8.7 Measurement of the Phase Difference Between Harmonics;157
11.8;8.8 Conclusions;161
11.9;References;161
12;9 Short-Pulse Laser-Produced Plasmas;163
12.1;9.1 Introduction;163
12.2;9.2 Pioneering Works on Ultrafast Plasmas;164
12.3;9.3 Optical Characterization and Pump- Probe Techniques;166
12.4;9.4 Ultrafast X-ray Spectroscopy and X-ray Sources;167
12.5;9.5 Ultrafast Plasma Modeling;171
12.6;9.6 Applications of Ultrafast Plasmas at Low Pulse Energies;173
12.7;9.7 Conclusions;174
12.8;References;175
13;10 Ultraintense Electromagnetic Radiation in Plasmas;179
13.1;10.1 Introduction;179
13.2;10.2 Interaction of Ultraintense Radiation and Plasmas;182
13.3;10.3 Concluding Remarks;195
13.4;References;196
14;11 Unusual Optical Properties of the Dense Nonequilibrium Plasma;199
14.1;11.1 Introduction;199
14.2;11.2 Normal Skin-Effect in a Dense Plasma;201
14.3;11.3 High-Frequency Skin-Effect;208
14.4;11.4 Anomalous and High Frequency Skin-Effect in a Nonequilibrium Plasma;215
14.5;References;223
15;12 Radiative Recombination in a Strong Laser Field;225
15.1;12.1 Introduction;225
15.2;12.2 The Elementary Process in the Presence of a Monochromatic Laser Field;228
15.3;12.3 The Elementary Process in the Presence of a Bichromatic Laser Field;239
15.4;12.4 Influence of the Plasma;241
15.5;12.5 Concluding Remarks;244
15.6;References;245
16;13 Femtosecond Filamentation in Air;247
16.1;13.1 Introduction;247
16.2;13.2 Modeling Light Filamentation;249
16.3;13.3 Typical Results of Numerical Simulations;251
16.4;13.4 Multifilamentation;256
16.5;13.5 Experiments;258
16.6;13.6 Conclusion;267
16.7;References;268
17;14 Pulse Self-Compression in the Nonlinear Propagation of Intense Femtosecond Laser Pulse in Normally Dispersive Solids;271
17.1;14.1 Introduction;271
17.2;14.2 Experimental Setup;274
17.3;14.3 Experimental Results and Discussions;275
17.4;14.4 Conclusions;282
17.5;References;283
18;15 Ultraintense Tabletop Laser System and Plasma Applications;286
18.1;15.1 Introduction;286
18.2;15.2 The Ultrashort and Ultrapower Lasers and Their Evolution in Time;287
18.3;15.3 Chemical Deep UV-Soft X-ray Revealers;291
18.4;15.4 Tor Vergata Nd:YAG/Glass Laser Facility;297
18.5;15.5 Applications of the Tor Vergata Nd:YAG/Glass Laser Facility and Experimental Results;299
18.6;15.6 Conclusions;310
18.7;References;310
19;16 Induction of Permanent Structure in Transparent Materials by Ultrafast Laser and Application to Photonic Devices;313
19.1;16.1 Introduction;313
19.2;16.2 Various Microstructures Induced in Glass by Femtosecond Laser Irradiation;314
19.3;16.3 Valence State Manipulation of Active Ions;315
19.4;16.4 Precipitation and Control of Nanoparticles;323
19.5;16.5 Conclusion;328
19.6;References;328
20;Index;330