The first part of this two-part review focused on the fundamental and diagnostics aspects of
laser-induced plasmas, only touching briefly upon concepts such as sensitivity and detection …

This paper introduces and discusses the main aspects of ultrashort laser pulse filamentation
in various transparent media such as air (gases), transparent solids and liquids. The …

The presented review summarizes nearly two decades of studies on femtosecond laser-
induced breakdown spectrometry (fs-LIBS). When an ultra-short (< 1 ps) laser pulse is used …

Modern laser sources nowadays deliver ultrashort light pulses reaching few cycles in
duration and peak powers exceeding several terawatt (TW). When such pulses propagate …

In 2002, we wrote an Analytical Chemistry feature article describing the Physics of Laser
Ablation in Microchemical Analysis. In line with the theme of the 2002 article, this manuscript …

Rapid, in-field, and non-contact isotopic analysis of solid materials is extremely important to
a large number of applications, such as nuclear nonproliferation monitoring and forensics …

Focus Serial: Frontiers of Nonlinear Optics We review the properties and applications of
ultrashort laser pulses in the atmosphere, with a particular focus on filamentation …

In this review we discuss the application of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) to
the problem of detection of residues of explosives. Research in this area presented in open …

The diffraction-compensated propagation of high-power laser beams in air could open up
new opportunities for atmospheric applications such as remote stand-off detection, long …

Femtosecond laser filamentation is a unique nonlinear optical phenomenon when high-
power ultrafast laser propagation in all transparent optical media. During filamentation in the …