Fundamentals of Laser Interactions

Electron-atom interactions in intense, high frequency laser fields.- Strong-coupling theory of electron scattering from atoms in a radiation field.- Electron-atom collisions in a strong laser field.- Electron scattering in stochastic radiation fields.- Laser-assisted atom-atom collisions.- Laser spectroscopy of collision complexes: A case study.- Two-photon collisional redistribution of radiation.- Studies of multiquantum processes in atoms.- Interaction of an intense laser pulse with a many-electron atom: Fundamental processes.- Multiphoton ionization of complex atoms.- Correlation in single- and multiphoton processes.- Radiation interaction of Rydberg atoms and the one-atom maser.- Planetary atoms.- Laser spectroscopy of highly excited hydrogen atoms in electric and magnetic fields.- Dynamic processes in molecular rydberg states.- Four wave frequency mixing in gases.- Coherence of states in trapped ions.- Light pressure cooling of a trapped three-level ion.- Nonlinear and coherent properties of laser radiation pressure on atoms.- Multiphoton transitions in the coulomb continuous spectrum.- Gauge problems in laser fields.- Electron states in a constant magnetic field and the zero field limit in potential scattering.- Laser-assisted ionization on he(21, 23s) + He(11s) collision system.- Variation of k index in ATI processes.- Multiphoton ionization of atoms in a strong field. A non-perturbative method.- Transition matrix method for multiphoton ionization processes.- One- and two-photon detachment of negative hydrogen ions: A hyperspherical approach.- New aspects of the radiation coupling of two bound states with a predissociating (Autoionizing) resonance.- Laser induced resonances in the MPI-spectrum of sodium atoms.- Effective gas ionization with simultaneous irradiation of pulsed CO2 and excimer lasers.- Laser manipulation of atomic beam velocities: Demonstration of stopped atoms and velocity reversal.- Dynamics of the laser-cooling of a trapped ion.