Super-Intense Laser-Atom Physics

Kazimierz, Rzazewski. Ed(s): Piraux, Bernard

ISBN 10: 0792368649 / ISBN 13: 9780792368649

Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001

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Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Han-sur-Lesse, Belgium, 24-30 September 2000 Editor(s): Piraux, Bernard. Series: NATO Science Series II. Num Pages: 416 pages, 23 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 658. . 2001. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Super-Intense Laser-Atom Physics
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0792368649
• ISBN 13: 9780792368649
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The study of atomic systems exposed to super-intense laser fields de­ fines an important area in atomic, molecular and optical physics. Although the concept of super-intense field has no absolute meaning, it is now usual to call an electromagnetic field super-intense when it exceeds the atomic binding field. In the case of the simplest atomic system, hydrogen in its 16 2 ground state, this occurs above an intensity of 3. 5 x 10 Wattfcm which is the atomic unit of intensity. Presently at the laboratory scale and in ex­ tremely short and tightly focussed laser pulses, the electric field strength 16 18 2 reaches peak values which are of the order of 10 - 10 Wattfcm in the infrared frequency regime, the prospect being that such peak intensities may be reached within a few years in a regime of much higher frequencies (XUV or even X). The interaction of such electromagnetic fields with an atomic system has a highly non-linear character which has led to the observation of to­ tally unexpected phenomena. There are three fundamental processes which have marked the beginning of an intensive research in the field of super­ intense laser-atom physics (SILAP). These processes which only involve one atomic electron are (i) the so-called above-threshold ionisation i. e.