C. J. Joachain is Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Brussels. His research activities concern quantum collision theory and the interaction of intense laser fields with matter. He has received many scientific awards and distinctions, in particular the Alexander von Humboldt Prize. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and of the American Physical Society, and is a member of the Royal Academy of Belgium, of the Academia Europaea and of the European Academy of Sciences.

Klappentext

A unified account of the rapidly developing field of high-intensity laser-atom interactions, suitable for both graduate students and researchers.

Zusammenfassung
Aimed at graduate students in atomic, molecular and optical physics, along with researchers working on laser interactions with matter, this book presents a unified account of the rapidly developing field of high-intensity laser-atom interactions. It discusses a range of topics including Floquet theory and the main multiphoton processes.

Inhalt

Part I. Basic Concepts: 1. High-intensity laser-atom physics; 2. Theory of laser-atom interactions; Part II. Theoretical Methods: 3. Perturbation theory; 4. Floquet theory; 5. Numerical integration of the wave equations; 6. The low-frequency regime; 7. The high-frequency regime; Part III. Multiphoton Atomic Physics: 8. Multiphoton ionization; 9. Harmonic generation and attosecond pulses; 10. Laser-assisted electron-atom collisions; Appendix; Index.