TY - BOOK ID - 80667191 TI - Atoms in intense laser fields AU - Joachain, C. J. AU - Kylstra, N. J. AU - Potvliege, R. M. PY - 2011 SN - 9780521793018 9781139126816 1139126814 9780511993459 0511993455 9781139109628 1139109626 1139113984 9781139113984 9781139116152 1139116150 0521793017 9781107424777 1107424771 1107218101 1280886706 9786613728012 1139121898 1139111795 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Electron-atom collisions. KW - Floquet theory. KW - Laser pulses, Ultrashort. KW - Multiphoton processes. KW - Multiphoton ionization. KW - Photoionization KW - Multiple photon processes KW - Processes, Multiphoton KW - Excited state chemistry KW - Lasers in chemistry KW - Photochemistry KW - Quantum electrodynamics KW - Quantum optics KW - Laser pulses, Picosecond KW - Light pulses, Picosecond KW - Light pulses, Ultrashort KW - Picosecond laser pulses KW - Picosecond light pulses KW - Ultrashort laser pulses KW - Ultrashort light pulses KW - Laser beams KW - Pulse techniques (Electronics) KW - Picosecond pulses KW - Floquet-Lyapunov theorem KW - Floquet's theorem KW - Differential equations KW - Atom-electron collisions KW - Atom-electron interactions KW - Electron-atom interactions KW - Collisions (Nuclear physics) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80667191 AB - The development of lasers capable of producing high-intensity pulses has opened a new area in the study of light-matter interactions. The corresponding laser fields are strong enough to compete with the Coulomb forces in controlling the dynamics of atomic systems and give rise to multiphoton processes. This book presents a unified account of this rapidly developing field of physics. The first part describes the fundamental phenomena occurring in intense laser-atom interactions and gives the basic theoretical framework to analyze them. The second part contains a detailed discussion of Floquet theory, the numerical integration of the wave equations and approximation methods for the low- and high-frequency regimes. In the third part, the main multiphoton processes are discussed: multiphoton ionization, high harmonic and attosecond pulse generation, and laser-assisted electron-atom collisions. Aimed at graduate students in atomic, molecular and optical physics, the book will also interest researchers working on laser interactions with matter. ER -