High Power Laser-Matter Interaction

This book intended as a guide for scientists and students who have just discovered the field as a new and attractive area of research, and for scientists who have worked in another field and want to join now the subject of laser plasmas. In the first chapter the plasma dynamics is described phenomen...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mulser, Peter, Bauer, Dieter (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2010, 2010
Edition:1st ed. 2010
Series:Springer Tracts in Modern Physics
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introductory Remarks and Overview
  • The Laser Plasma: Basic Phenomena and Laws
  • Laser Light Propagation and Collisional Absorption
  • Resonance Absorption
  • The Ponderomotive Force and Nonresonant Effects
  • Resonant Ponderomotive Effects
  • Intense Laser–Atom Interaction
  • Relativistic Laser–Plasma Interaction