The dynamics of charged particles in electromagnetic fields is an essential component of
understanding the most extreme environments in our Universe. In electromagnetic fields of …

Interactions between light and matter play an instrumental role in spectroscopy, sensing,
quantum information processing and lasers. In most of these applications, light is considered …

The field of laser-matter interaction traditionally deals with the response of atoms, molecules,
and plasmas to an external light wave. However, the recent sustained technological …

Relativistic interaction of short-pulse lasers with underdense plasmas has recently led to the
emergence of a novel generation of femtosecond x-ray sources. Based on radiation from …

The rise time of intense radiation determines the maximum field strength atoms can be
exposed to before their polarizability dramatically drops due to the detachment of an outer …

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 …

Periodic nanostructures are observed inside silica glass after irradiation by a focused beam
of a femtosecond Ti: sapphire laser. Backscattering electron images of the irradiated spot …

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

Electron–photon scattering, or Thomson scattering, is one of the most fundamental
mechanisms in electrodynamics, underlying laboratory and astrophysical sources of high …

We observe second-harmonic generation from metamaterials composed of split-ring
resonators excited at 1.5-micrometer wavelength. Much larger signals are detected when …