Super-Intense Laser-Atom Physics

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Silap III: An Overview....Pages 1-5
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Recent Results in High-Order Harmonic Generation....Pages 9-17
Angular Distributions of High-Order Harmonics....Pages 19-29
Angularly Resolved Ultra High Harmonic Generation Experiments with Picosecond Laser Pulses....Pages 31-41
High-Order Sum and Difference-Frequency Generation in Helium....Pages 43-52
Contribution of Bound-Bound Transitions to High-Order Harmonic Generation....Pages 53-61
Symmetry Breaking and the Control of Harmonics with Strong Short Laser Pulses....Pages 63-71
Propagation of Intense Ultrashort Pulses and Harmonics in Gases....Pages 73-82
Multiple Harmonic Radiation from Metal Surfaces Induced by Strong Laser Pulses....Pages 83-92
Front Matter....Pages 93-93
Dynamics of Short-Pulse Excitation, Ionization and Harmonic Conversion....Pages 95-110
Atoms in Super-Intense Fields: Stabilization Ionization and High-Harmonic Emission....Pages 111-127
Multiphoton Ionization of Atomic Hydrogen in Intense Laser Pulses: The Role of Rydberg States....Pages 129-144
Structure in the Above Threshold Ionization (ATI) Spectrum Under Strong Femtosecond Pulses....Pages 145-153
Ionization in Strong Fields....Pages 155-171
Stabilization of Excited States and Harmonic Generation: Recent Theoretical Results in the Sturmian-Floquet Approach....Pages 173-184
The Use of the Time Correlation Function in Floquet Theory....Pages 185-194
Some recent developments in multiphoton ionization of atoms in intense fields....Pages 195-212
Atomic State Effects in Stabilization....Pages 213-224
Stabilization Within a Classical Context....Pages 225-232
Dynamical Stabilization of Atoms at Current Laser Performances....Pages 233-244
Front Matter....Pages 93-93
Strong-Field Interference Stabilization in Atoms and Molecules....Pages 245-259
Stability of Hydrogen Atom in Rydberg States in a Laser Field....Pages 261-268
Stepwise Decay in the Photoionization of Rydberg Atoms....Pages 269-278
Population Trapping in Excited States....Pages 279-286
Atomic Physics with Intense, Subpicosecond Half-Cycle Pulses....Pages 287-299
R-Matrix-Floquet Theory of Multiphoton Processes....Pages 301-316
Ionization of Hydrogen Atoms by Circularly Polarized E-M Field....Pages 317-325
Front Matter....Pages 327-327
Dynamics of Dissociation Versus Ionization in Strong Laser Fields....Pages 329-339
Molecules in Strong Laser Fields: Why are the Fragments Aligned?....Pages 341-350
Stabilization and Coherence in the Photodissociation of Diatomic Molecules by Intense Lasers....Pages 351-362
Front Matter....Pages 363-372
Single and Double Photoionization of Two-Electron Systems....Pages 373-373
Sequential vs. Simultaneous Ionization of Two-Electron Atoms by Intense Laser Radiation....Pages 375-390
Two-Electron Atoms in Ultra Short, Intense Pulses....Pages 391-401
Quasiclassical Approach to Ionization of Atoms by Strong Laser Pulses: Comparison with the “Simpleman’s” Models and Newtonian Dynamics....Pages 403-411
Stabilization of Multielectron Atoms: Classical Approach....Pages 413-424
Multiphoton Detachment of Hydrogen Negative Ion....Pages 425-434
Strong Field Predictions for Negative Ions in Short Laser Pulses....Pages 435-443
H - in Intense Laser Fields: Laser — Induced Excited States and Dichotomy....Pages 445-459
Electron-Energy Resolved Experiments on Multiphoton Detachment from Negative Ions....Pages 461-481
Front Matter....Pages 483-491
Observation of Resonant Excess Photon Detachment Via a Window Resonance in the Negative Cesium Ion....Pages 373-373
Back Matter....Pages 493-500
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