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Super-Intense Laser—Atom Physics

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  • © 1993

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Editors:
  1. Bernard Piraux

    1. Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

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  2. Anne L’Huillier

    1. Service des Photons, Atomes et Molécules, Centre d’Etudes de Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

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  3. Kazimierz Rzążewski

    1. Polish Academy of Sciences, Centrum Fizyki Teoretycznej, Warsaw, Poland

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series B: (NSSB, volume 316)

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Table of contents (41 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Silap III: An Overview

    1. Silap III: An Overview

      • Alfred Maquet
      Pages 1-5

  3. Generation of High Harmonics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. Recent Results in High-Order Harmonic Generation

      • Ph. Balcou, P. Salières, Anne L’Huillier
      Pages 9-17

    3. Angular Distributions of High-Order Harmonics

      • D. D. Meyerhofer, J. Peatross
      Pages 19-29

    4. Angularly Resolved Ultra High Harmonic Generation Experiments with Picosecond Laser Pulses

      • R. A. Smith, J. W. G. Tisch, M. Ciarrocca, S. Augst, M. H. R. Hutchinson
      Pages 31-41

    5. High-Order Sum and Difference-Frequency Generation in Helium

      • John K. Crane, Michael D. Perry
      Pages 43-52

    6. Contribution of Bound-Bound Transitions to High-Order Harmonic Generation

      • Luis Plaja, Luis Roso
      Pages 53-61

    7. Symmetry Breaking and the Control of Harmonics with Strong Short Laser Pulses

      • M. Yu. Ivanov, P. B. Corkum
      Pages 63-71

    8. Propagation of Intense Ultrashort Pulses and Harmonics in Gases

      • Keith Burnett, Stuart C. Rae
      Pages 73-82

    9. Multiple Harmonic Radiation from Metal Surfaces Induced by Strong Laser Pulses

      • Gy. Farkas
      Pages 83-92

  4. Dynamics of Multiphoton Ionization of Atoms

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
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    2. Dynamics of Short-Pulse Excitation, Ionization and Harmonic Conversion

      • K. C. Kulander, K. J. Schafer, J. L. Krause
      Pages 95-110

    3. Atoms in Super-Intense Fields: Stabilization Ionization and High-Harmonic Emission

      • P. L. Knight, M. Protopapas, C. Keitel, S. Vivirito, K. Burnett, V. C. Reed et al.
      Pages 111-127

    4. Multiphoton Ionization of Atomic Hydrogen in Intense Laser Pulses: The Role of Rydberg States

      • D. Feldmann, H. Rottke, K. H. Welge, B. Wolff-Rottke
      Pages 129-144

    5. Structure in the Above Threshold Ionization (ATI) Spectrum Under Strong Femtosecond Pulses

      • W. Nicklich, H. Kumpfmüller, H. Walther, Huale Xu, X. Tang, P. Lambropoulos
      Pages 145-153

    6. Ionization in Strong Fields

      • P. Agostini, E. Mevel, P. Breger, A. Migus, L. F. DiMauro
      Pages 155-171

    7. Stabilization of Excited States and Harmonic Generation: Recent Theoretical Results in the Sturmian-Floquet Approach

      • R. M. Potvliege, Philip H. G. Smith
      Pages 173-184

    8. The Use of the Time Correlation Function in Floquet Theory

      • Thomas Millack
      Pages 185-194

    9. Some recent developments in multiphoton ionization of atoms in intense fields

      • M. Pont, A. Bugacov, S. R. Atlas
      Pages 195-212
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The rapid development of powerful pulsed lasers is at the origin of a conside­ rable interest in studying the response of an atom, a molecule (or a solid) to a strong electromagnetic field. It is now possible to produce at the laboratory scale, ultra-short 13 pulses with a duration of 100 femtoseconds (10- second) and a power of the order 12 of 1 terawatt (10 Watt). Under these conditions, very high peak intensities may be obtained and electric fields exceeding typical electron binding fields in atoms are generated. The interaction of an atom or a molecule with such electromagnetic fields has a highly non-linear character which leads to unexpected phenomena. Amongst them, - above-threshold ionization (ATI) i.e. the absorption of additional photons in excess of the minimal number necessary to overcome the ionization potential and its molecular counterpart, above-threshold dissociation (ATD); - generation of very high harmonics of the driving field; - stabilization of one-electron systems in strong fields. These processes were the main topics of two international meetings which were held in 1989 and 1991 in the United States under the common name SILAP (Super-Intense Laser-Atom Physics).

Editors and Affiliations

  • Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

    Bernard Piraux

  • Service des Photons, Atomes et Molécules, Centre d’Etudes de Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

    Anne L’Huillier

  • Polish Academy of Sciences, Centrum Fizyki Teoretycznej, Warsaw, Poland

    Kazimierz Rzążewski

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