The advent of ultraintense laser pulses generated by the technique of chirped pulse
amplification (CPA) along with the development of high-fluence laser materials has opened …

It has been 30 years since the discovery of the Unruh effect. It has played a crucial role in
our understanding that the particle content of a field theory is observer dependent. This …

This book represents the first comprehensive treatment of the subject, covering the
theoretical principles, present experimental status and important applications of short-pulse …

Strong-field effects in laboratory and astrophysical plasmas and high intensity laser and
cavity systems are considered, related to quantum electrodynamical (QED) photon-photon …

Due to the interaction of physics and astrophysics we are witnessing in these years a
splendid synthesis of theoretical, experimental and observational results originating from …

The problem of reconciling general relativity and quantum theory has fascinated and
bedeviled physicists for more than 70 years. Despite recent progress in string theory and …

Following the birth of the laser in 1960, the field of" nonlinear optics" rapidly emerged.
Today, laser intensities and pulse durations are readily available, for which the concepts …

Thanks to a rapid progress of high-power lasers since the birth of laser by TH Maiman in
1960, intense lasers have been developed mainly for studying the scientific feasibility of …

There are definite plans for the construction of X-ray free electron lasers (FEL), both at
DESY, where the so-called XFEL is part of the design of the electron–positron linear collider …

Since its birth, the laser has been extraordinarily effective in the study and applications of
laser-matter interaction at the atomic and molecular level and in the nonlinear optics of the …