"This volume presents the latest advancements and future perspectives of atomic, molecular and optical (AMO) physics and its vital role in modern sciences and technologies. The chapters are devoted to a wide range of quantum systems, with an emphasis on the understanding of ioni…
"Laser power has increased from 100 watts in 1960 (the first laser) to terawatts in 1985 through the invention of chirped pulse amplification proposed by Mourou and Strickland, to 100 petawatt and beyond today. Presently, lasers constitute the most powerful coherent source of ra…
The field of high-power laser-plasma interaction has grown in the last few decades, with applications ranging from laser-driven fusion and laser acceleration of charged particles to laser ablation of materials. This comprehensive text covers fundamental concepts including electr…
"Laser power has increased from 100 watts in 1960 (the first laser) to terawatts in 1985 through the invention of chirped pulse amplification proposed by Mourou and Strickland, to 100 petawatt and beyond today. Presently, lasers constitute the most powerful coherent source of ra…
"Laser power has increased from 100 watts in 1960 (the first laser) to terawatts in 1985 through the invention of chirped pulse amplification proposed by Mourou and Strickland, to 100 petawatt and beyond today. Presently, lasers constitute the most powerful coherent source of ra…
This book offers an introduction to the booming field of high-power laser-matter interaction. It covers the heating of matter to super-high temperatures and pressures, novel schemes of fast particle acceleration, matter far from thermal equilibrium, stimulated radiation scatteri…
This book discusses the physics of plasma initiation and reviews the features of dissipating, propagating plasmas. It deals with advances in diagnostics for high-energy, laser-fusion plasmas. The book reviews the basic physical processes, plasma characteristics of the "continuou…
This book explores new principles of Self-Initiating Volume Discharge for creating high-energy non-chain HF(DF) lasers, as well as the creation of highly efficient lasers with output energy and radiation power in the spectral region of 2.6-5 m. Today, sources of high-power lasin…
This book explores new principles of Self-Initiating Volume Discharge for creating high-energy non-chain HF(DF) lasers, as well as the creation of highly efficient lasers with output energy and radiation power in the spectral region of 2.6-5 m. Today, sources of high-power lasin…