Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science II (eBook)

Preface 6
Contents 8
List of Contributors 10
1 Coulomb Explosion Imaging of Molecular Dynamics in Intense Laser Fields 14
2 Intact Molecular Ion Formation of Some Organic Molecules by Femtosecond Lasers 38
3 Ultrafast Electron Dynamics 55
4 S-Matrix Theory of Nonsequential Double Ionization 76
5 Laser Control of Chemical Dynamics. I. Control of Electronic Transitions by Quadratic Chirping 105
6 Laser Control of Chemical Dynamics. II. Control of Wavepacket Motion 128
7 Pulse Shaping Technology of Intense Femtosecond Laser Pulses for Molecule Control 152
8 Control of High Harmonic Generation Processes Using Chirped and Self- Guided Femtosecond Laser Pulses 167
9 Focusing Intense High-Order Harmonics to a Micron Spot Size 191
10 Application of X-Ray Spectroscopy to the Study of Energy Transport in Plasma Produced by an Ultrahigh- Intensity Laser 207
11 Collimated and Ultrafast X-Ray Beams from Laser– Plasma Interactions 223
12 Investigations of Relativistic Laser Plasma from Micron- Sized Ar Clusters 239
13 Full Vectorial, Intense Ultrashort Pulse Propagators: Derivation and Applications 260
14 Some Properties of Femtosecond Laser Filamentation Relevant to Atmospheric Applications Part I. The Robustness of Filamentation 288
15 Some Properties of Femtosecond Laser Filamentation Relevant to Atmospheric Applications Part II. Large- Scale Filamentation 308
16 Fast Electrons in High-Intensity Laser Interactions with Plasmas 326
17 Ultraintense Electromagnetic Radiation in Plasmas: Part II. Relativistic Electromagnetic Solitons and Laser- Driven Ion Acceleration 348
Index 371