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This book represents the first comprehensive treatment of the subject, covering the theoretical principles, present experimental status and important applications of short-pulse laser-matter interactions.
Femtosecond lasers have undergone dramatic technological advances over the last fifteen years, generating a whole host of new research activities under the theme of “ultrafast science”. The focused light from these devices is so intense that ordinary matter is torn apart within a few laser cycles. This book takes a close-up look at the exotic physical phenomena which arise as a result of this new form of “light-matter” interaction, covering a diverse set of topics including multiphoton ionization, rapid heatwaves, fast particle generation and relativistic self-channeling. These processes are central to a number of exciting new applications in other fields, such as microholography, optical particle accelerators and photonuclear physics.
Repository for numerical models described in Chapter 6 can be found at http://www.fz-juelich.de/zam/cams/plasma/SPLIM/.
Sample Chapter(s)
Chapter 1: Introduction: Historical Background (48 KB)
Contents:
- Introduction: Historical Background
- Interaction with Single Atoms
- Interaction with Single Electrons
- Laser Propagation in Underdense Plasmas
- Interaction with Solids: Overdense Plasmas
- Numerical Simulation of Short Pulse Laser Interactions
- Applications of Short-Pulse Laser-Matter Interactions
Readership: Advanced undergraduates, graduates, researchers and non-specialist scientists using femtosecond lasers in science and industry.
