Strong Field Laser Physics

589 Pages·2009·16.703 MB·English

by  Sandro De Silvestri, Mauro Nisoli, Giuseppe Sansone, Salvatore Stagira, Caterina Vozzi (auth.), Thomas Brabec (eds.)

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Strong Field Laser Physics
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Contents
PartI High-IntensityLaserSources
High-EnergyPulseCompressionTechniques....................... 3
SandroDeSilvestri,MauroNisoli,GiuseppeSansone,
SalvatoreStagira,CaterinaVozzi,andOrazioSvelto
UltrafastLaserAmplifierSystems............................... 17
GillesChe´riaux
OpticalParametricAmplificationTechniques...................... 35
IanN.Ross
Carrier-EnvelopePhaseofUltrashortPulses....................... 61
StevenT.Cundiff,FerencKrausz,andTakaoFuji
Free-ElectronLasers–High-IntensityX-RaySources ............... 91
J.FeldhausandB.Sonntag
PartII Laser–MatterInteraction–Nonrelativistic
NumericalMethodsinStrongFieldPhysics ....................... 111
KennethJ.Schafer
PrinciplesofSingleAtomPhysics:High-OrderHarmonicGeneration,
Above-ThresholdIonizationandNon-SequentialIonization ........... 147
MaciejLewensteinandAnneL’Huillier
IonizationofSmallMoleculesbyStrongLaserFields................ 185
HiromichiNiikura,V.R.Bhardwaj,F.Le´gare´,I.V.Litvinyuk,
P.W.Dooley,D.M.Rayner,M.YuIvanov,P.B.Corkum,and
D.M.Villeneuve
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vi Contents
ProbingMolecularStructureandDynamicsbyLaser-DrivenElectron
Recollisions ................................................ 209
J.P.Marangos,S.Baker,J.S.Robinson,R.Torres,J.W.G.Tisch,
C.C.Chirila,M.Lein,R.Velotta,andC.Altucci
IntenseLaserInteractionwithNobleGasClusters .................. 225
LoraRamunno,ThomasBrabec,andVladimirKrainov
Laser-InducedOpticalBreakdowninSolids ....................... 243
MatthiasLenznerandWolfgangRudolph
PartIII Laser-DrivenX-raySources
MacroscopicEffectsinHigh-OrderHarmonicGeneration ............ 261
PascalSalie`resandIvanChristov
AttosecondPulses:Generation,Detection,andApplications........... 281
ArminScrinziandHarmGeertMuller
High-OrderHarmonicsfromPlasmaSurfaces ..................... 301
AlexanderTarasevitch,ClemensWu¨nsche,andDietrichvonderLinde
Table-TopX-RayLasersinShortLaserPulseandDischargeDriven
Plasmas................................................... 321
P.V.Nickles,K.A.Janulewicz,andW.Sandner
Time-ResolvedX-RayScience:EmergenceofX-RayBeamsUsingLaser
Systems ................................................... 379
AntoineRousseandKimTaPhuoc
AtomicMulti-photonInteractionwithIntenseShort-WavelengthFields.. 391
F.H.M.Faisal
PartIV Laser–MatterInteraction–Relativistic
RelativisticLaser-PlasmaPhysics............................... 427
AlexanderPukhov
High-DensityPlasmaLaserInteraction........................... 455
HeidiReinholzandThomasBornath
RelativisticLaser–AtomPhysics................................ 477
AlfredMaquet,RichardTaı¨eb,andVale´rieVe´niard
TestsofQEDwithIntenseLasers............................... 497
AdrianC.Melissinos
Contents vii
NuclearPhysicswithIntenseLasers ............................. 519
RaviSinghal,PeterNorreys,andHideakiHabara
PartV IntenseFieldPhysicswithHeavyIons
Ion-Generated,AttosecondPulses:InteractionwithAtomsandComparison
toFemtosecondLaserFields ................................... 539
JoachimUllrichandAlexanderVoitkiv
Index..................................................... 569
Contributors
CarloAltucci
CNISMandDipartimentodiScienzeFisiche,Universita` diNapoli‘‘FedericoII’’,
Napoli,Italy,phone:(þ39081)676289,[email protected]
SarahBaker
BlackettLaboratory,ImperialCollege,PrinceConsortRoad,LondonSW7
2BZ,UK,phone:(þ4420)75947864,[email protected]
V.R.Bhardwaj
PhysicsDepartment,UniversityofOttawa,150LouisPasteur,OttawaK1N
6N5,ON,Canada,phone:[phone],[email protected]
ThomasBornath
PhysicsDepartment,Institutfu¨rPhysik,Universita¨tRostock,Rostock18051,
Germany,phone:(þ49381)4986915,[email protected]
ThomasBrabec
PhysicsDepartment,UniversityofOttawa,OttawaK1N6N5,ON,Canada,
phone:[phone],[email protected]
GillesChe´riaux
Laboratoire d’Optique Applique´e, Ecole Nationale supe´rieure de Techniques
Avance´es, E´ cole Polytechnique, CNRS UMR 7639, Chemin de la Hunie`re,
91761 Palaiseau Cedex, France, phone: (þ33 1) 69319891, gilles.cheriaux@
ensta.fr
CiprianC.Chirila
Institute of Physics, University of Kassel, Heinrich-Plett-Str. 40, 34132
Kassel 34132, Germany, phone: (þ49 561) 8044574, chirila@physik.
uni-kassel.de
IvanChristov
PhysicsDepartment,SofiaUniversity,5JamesBourchierStreet,1164Sofia,
Bulgaria,phone:(þ3592)8161741,[email protected]
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x Contributors
PaulB.Corkum
SteacieInstituteforMolecularSciences,NationalResearchCouncil,
100SussexDrive,OttawaK1A0R6,ON,Canada,phone:[phone],
[email protected],[email protected]
StevenT.Cundiff
JILA,NationalInstituteofStandardsandTechnologyandUniversityof
Colorado,Boulder80309-0440,CO,USA,phone:[phone],cundiffs@
jila.colorado.edu
SandroDeSilvestri
DepartmentofPhysics,NationalLaboratoryforUltrafastandUltraintense
OpticalScience–CNR–INFM,Politecnico,Milano,Italy,phone:(þ3902)
2399x6151,[email protected]
ClemensDietrich
UniversityofDuisburg-Essen,InstituteofExperimentalPhysics,Lotharstr.1,
47048,Duisburg,Germany
PatrickW.Dooley
DepartmentofPhysicsandAstronomy,McMasterUniversity,Hamilton,
L8S4M1,ON,Canada,[email protected]
FarhadM.H.Faisal
Fakulta¨tfu¨rPhysik,Universita¨tBielefeld,D-33615Bielefeld,Germany,
phone:(þ49521)1065320,[email protected]
JosefFeldhaus
HamburgerSynchrotronstahlungslaborHASYLAB,DeutschesElektronen-
SynchrotronDESY,Notkestrasse85,22603Hamburg,Germany,
phone:(þ4940)89983901,[email protected]
TakaoFuji
RIKEN,Chemicaldynamicslaboratory,Hirosawa2-1,Wako,Saitama351
0198Japan,phone:(þ8148)4671434,[email protected]
HideakiHabara
CentralLaserFacility,RutherfordAppletonLaboratory,Chilton,Didcot,
Oxfordshire,OX110QX,UK
MishaYu.Ivanov
SteacieInstituteforMolecularSciences,NationalResearchCouncil,
100SussexDrive,OttawaK1A0R6,ON,Canada,phone:[phone],
[email protected]
KarolA.Janulewicz
Max-Born-InstituteBerlin,Berlin,Germany,phone:(þ4930)63921311,
[email protected]
Contributors xi
VladimirKrainov
MoscowInstituteofPhysicsandTechnology,141700Dolgoprudny,Moscow
Region,Russia,[email protected]
FerencKrausz
MaxPlanckInstituteforQuantumOptics,D-85748Garching,Germany;Chair
ofExperimentalPhysics,LudwigMaximiliansUniversity,Munich,Germany,
phone:(þ4989)32905602,[email protected]
FrancoisLe´gare´
SteacieInstituteforMolecularSciences,NationalResearchCouncil,100
SussexDrive,OttawaK1A0R6,ON,Canada,[email protected]
MandredLein
InstituteofPhysics,UniversityofKassel,Heinrich-Plett-Str.40,34132Kassel,
Germany,phone:(þ49561)8044407,[email protected]
MatthiasLenzner
DepartmentofPhysics,CityCollegeofCUNY,ConventAve&138th
Street,NewYork10031,NY,USA,phone:[phone],
[email protected]
MaciejLewenstein
InstituteofPhotonicSciences,ParcMediterranidelaTecnologia,Av.del
CanalOlı´mpics/n,08860Castelldefels,Barcelona,Spain,phone:(þ3493)
5534072,[email protected]
Igor.V.Litvinyuk
PhysicsDepartment,KansasStateUniversity,Manhattan66506-2601,KS,
USA,phone:[phone],[email protected]
AnneL’Huillier
AtomicPhysics,LundInstituteofTechnology,P.O.Box118,SE-22100Lund,
Sweden,phone:(þ4646)2227661,[email protected]
AlfredMaquet
Universite´ PierreetMarieCurie,LaboratoiredeChimiePhysique—Matie`reet
Rayonnement,11,ruePierreetMarieCurie,75231ParisCedex05,France,
phone:(þ331)44276633,alfred@[email protected]
JonP.Marangos
BlackettLaboratory,ImperialCollege,PrinceConsortRoad,LondonSW7
2BZ,UK,phone:(þ4420)75947857,[email protected]
AdrianMelissinos
DepartmentofPhysicsandAstronomy,UniversityofRochester,Rochester
14627,NY,USA,phone:[phone],[email protected]