By (author): Paul Gibbon (Research Centre Jülich, Germany)
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.
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