Laser Physics at Relativistic Intensities (Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics)

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Typically, the theory and applications of emission , absorption , scattering of electromagnetic radiation light from excited atoms and molecules , analysis of spectroscopy, generation of lasers and masers , and the optical properties of matter in general, fall into these categories. Atomic physics is the subfield of AMO that studies atoms as an isolated system of electrons and an atomic nucleus , while molecular physics is the study of the physical properties of molecules.

The term atomic physics is often associated with nuclear power and nuclear bombs , due to the synonymous use of atomic and nuclear in standard English. However, physicists distinguish between atomic physics — which deals with the atom as a system consisting of a nucleus and electrons — and nuclear physics , which considers atomic nuclei alone. The important experimental techniques are the various types of spectroscopy.

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Molecular physics, while closely related to atomic physics , also overlaps greatly with theoretical chemistry , physical chemistry and chemical physics. Both subfields are primarily concerned with electronic structure and the dynamical processes by which these arrangements change. Generally this work involves using quantum mechanics. For molecular physics, this approach is known as quantum chemistry. One important aspect of molecular physics is that the essential atomic orbital theory in the field of atomic physics expands to the molecular orbital theory.

Additionally to the electronic excitation states which are known from atoms, molecules are able to rotate and to vibrate. These rotations and vibrations are quantized; there are discrete energy levels. From measuring rotational and vibrational spectra properties of molecules like the distance between the nuclei can be calculated.

As with many scientific fields, strict delineation can be highly contrived and atomic physics is often considered in the wider context of atomic, molecular, and optical physics. Physics research groups are usually so classified. Optical physics is the study of the generation of electromagnetic radiation , the properties of that radiation, and the interaction of that radiation with matter , [7] especially its manipulation and control. There is no strong distinction, however, between optical physics, applied optics, and optical engineering, since the devices of optical engineering and the applications of applied optics are necessary for basic research in optical physics, and that research leads to the development of new devices and applications.

Often the same people are involved in both the basic research and the applied technology development, for example the experimental demonstration of electromagnetically induced transparency by S. Harris and of slow light by Harris and Lene Vestergaard Hau. Researchers in optical physics use and develop light sources that span the electromagnetic spectrum from microwaves to X-rays. The field includes the generation and detection of light, linear and nonlinear optical processes, and spectroscopy.

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Lasers and laser spectroscopy have transformed optical science. Major study in optical physics is also devoted to quantum optics and coherence , and to femtosecond optics. Other important areas of research include the development of novel optical techniques for nano-optical measurements, diffractive optics , low-coherence interferometry , optical coherence tomography , and near-field microscopy. Research in optical physics places an emphasis on ultrafast optical science and technology.

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Editorial Reviews. From the Back Cover. This book addresses the nonlinear interactions of Laser Physics at Relativistic Intensities (Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics) - Kindle edition by A.V. Borovsky, A.L. Galkin, O.B. Shiryaev, T. Auguste. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC. bahana-line.com: Laser Physics at Relativistic Intensities (Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics): A.V. Borovsky, A.L. Galkin, O.B. Shiryaev.

The applications of optical physics create advancements in communications , medicine , manufacturing , and even entertainment. One of the earliest steps towards atomic physics was the recognition that matter was composed of atoms , in modern terms the basic unit of a chemical element. This theory was developed by John Dalton in the 18th century.

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At this stage, it wasn't clear what atoms were - although they could be described and classified by their observable properties in bulk; summarized by the developing periodic table , by John Newlands and Dmitri Mendeleyev around the mid to late 19th century. Later, the connection between atomic physics and optical physics became apparent, by the discovery of spectral lines and attempts to describe the phenomenon - notably by Joseph von Fraunhofer , Fresnel , and others in the 19th century.

From that time to the s, physicists were seeking to explain atomic spectra and blackbody radiation. One attempt to explain hydrogen spectral lines was the Bohr atom model.

Experiments including electromagnetic radiation and matter - such as the photoelectric effect , Compton effect , and spectra of sunlight the due to the unknown element of Helium , the limitation of the Bohr model to Hydrogen, and numerous other reasons, lead to an entirely new mathematical model of matter and light: Early models to explain the origin of the index of refraction treated an electron in an atomic system classically according to the model of Paul Drude and Hendrik Lorentz.

The theory was developed to attempt to provide an origin for the wavelength-dependent refractive index n of a material. In this model, incident electromagnetic waves forced an electron bound to an atom to oscillate. The amplitude of the oscillation would then have a relationship to the frequency of the incident electromagnetic wave and the resonant frequencies of the oscillator.

The superposition of these emitted waves from many oscillators would then lead to a wave which moved more slowly.

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Max Planck derived a formula to describe the electromagnetic field inside a box when in thermal equilibrium in In one dimension, the box has length L , and only sinusodial waves of wavenumber. A 65 , , "Relativistic classical Monte Carlo simulations of stabilization of hydrogenlike ions in intense laser pulses". Keitel, Optics Communications , , "Narrow high-frequency spectral features via laser-induced slow spin flips". A 64 , , "High-order regime of harmonic generation with two active electrons".

Keitel, Letters in Mathematical Physics 55 , , "Geometric and algebraic approach to classical dynamics of a particle with spin". A 63 , , "Dynamics of multiply charged ions in intense laser fields". Faisal, JPhysA 34 , , "Electron acceleration in combined laser and uniform electric fields". Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 33 , , "Analysis of electron acceleration in a vacuum beat wave".

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A 62 , , "Exact analysis of ultrahigh laser-induced acceleration of electrons by cyclotron autoresonance". Keitel, Applied Physics Letters 77 , , "Subcycle high electron acceleration by crossed laser beams". Keitel, Journal of Modern Optics 47 , , "Resonance fluorescence in intense laser fields". Keitel, Optics Communications , , "Amplification without inversion in tailored vacua".

Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 33 , LL , "Spin-induced force in intense laser-electron interaction". A 61 , , "Magnetically induced ionization and rescatterings in intense laser fields". Keitel, Europhysics Letter 48 , , "Influence of spin-laser interaction on relativistic harmonic generation". A 58 , , "Fluorescence Control through multiple interference mechanisms". Maquet, Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 31 , LL83 , "Radiative reaction in ultra intense laser-atom interaction".

A 56 , , "Mott scattering in strong laser fields". Knight, Journal of Physics B: Dependence of the resonance fluorescence spectrum on the phase of the driving field". A 55 , , "Strong intracavity and output laser noise reduction via initial atomic coherence". Knight, Reports on Progress in Physics 60 , , "Atomic physics with super-high intensity lasers".

Journal of Physical Sciences 52 , , "The dressed state picture in quantum coherence and interference". A 55 , , "Phase of harmonics from strongly driven two-level atoms". Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 29 , LL , "Ultra-energetic electron ejection in relativistic atom - laser field interaction". Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 29 , LL , "Relativistic mass shift effects in adiabatic intense laser field stabilization of atoms".

A 54 , , "Entropic measure of wave-packet spreading and ionization in laser-driven atoms".

Keitel, Journal of Modern Optics 43 , , "Vacuum modified resonance fluorescence in intense laser fields". A 53 , RR , "Recollisions, bremsstrahlung and attosecond pulses from intense laser fields". A 53 , , "High harmonic generation in a static magnetic field".

A 53 , , "Role of electromagnetically induced transparency in resonant 4-wave-mixing schemes". A 52 , , "Quantum signatures in the stabilization dynamics". A 52 , , "Role of initial coherence in the generation of harmonics and sidebands from a strongly driven two-level atom". Scully, Optics Communications , , "Resonance fluorescence in a tailored vacuum".

A 51 , , "Sampling entropies and operational phase-space measurement II: Detection of quantum coherences". A 51 , , "Sampling entropies and operational phase-space measurement I: A 51 , , "Monte Carlo classical simulations of ionization and harmonic generation in the relativistic domain". Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 27 , , "Enhancing the index of refraction under convenient conditions". A 48 , , "Two mechanisms for inversionless amplification in four-level atoms with Raman pumping". Zubairy, Optics Communications 94 , , "Lasing without inversion: Interference of radiatively broadened resonances in dressed atomic systems".

Scully, Optics Communications 94 , , "Quantum theory of laser emission from driven three-level atoms". A 46 , , "Resonantly enhanced refractive index without absorption via atomic coherence". A , , "On the information entropy of squeezed states and the entropic uncertainty relation". A 45 , , "Triggered Superradiance". Zhu, Optics Communications 87 , , "Lasing without inversion in a simple model of a three-level laser with microwave coupling". Su, Optics Communications 87 , , "Lasing without inversion and enhancement of the index of refraction via interference of incoherent pump processes". Doss, Optics Communications 86 , , "Physical origin of the gain in a four-level model of a Raman driven laser without inversion".

Keitel, Optics Communications 81 , , "A simple model of a laser without inversion". Keitel, Physical Review A 96 , 0 , "Theoretical prediction of the fine and hyperfine structure of heavy muonic atoms". Keitel, Physical Review A 96 , 0 , "Hyperfine splitting in simple ions for the search of the variation of fundamental constants". Kim, Progress in Quantum Electronics 54 , 0 , "Journeys from quantum optics to quantum technology".

Invited papers often non-refereed in conference proceedings, books and journals. Di Piazza, Journal of Physics: Conference Series , , "Novel aspects of radiation reaction in the classical and the quantum regime". Keitel, Proceedings of SPIE , Q , "Computational relativistic quantum dynamics and its application to relativistic tunneling and Kapitza-Dirac scattering".

Conference Series , , "Higher order resonant intershell electronic recombination for highly charged ions". Keitel, Proceedings of the SPIE , , "Radiation pressure and radiation reaction effects in laser-solid interaction". Wolf, Hyperfine Interactions , , "Resonant recombination at ion storage rings: Keitel, World Scientific, Singapore , "Light propagation: From atomic to nuclear quantum optics".

Schneider, LLNL-PROP- , "Realistic stellar nucleosynthesis studies involving nuclear excitation via atomic-nuclear interactions in high energy density plasma environments". Wolf, Journal of Physics: From Stable to In-flight-Produced Nuclei". Keitel, Springer Series in Chemical Physics 91 , , "Relativistic quantum dynamics in intense laser fields". Volotka, NIFS-Proc Series 73 , , "Correlated relativistic dynamics and nuclear effects in dielectronic and visible spectra of highly charged ions". Keitel, Proceedings of SPIE , , "Breakdown of the few-level approximation in dipole-dipole interacting systems".

Keitel, Proceedings of SPIE , , "Vacuum fluctuations and nuclear quantum optics in strong laser pulses". Keitel, AIP Conference Proceedings , , "Nonperturbative multiphoton processes and electron-positron pair production". From two-electron ions to more complex systems". Keitel, AIP conference proceedings , , "Net electron energy gain from a tightly-focused laser beam in vacuum".

From Atoms to Molecules", Heidelberg From single electrons to multi-particle systems". Chin, World Scientific, Singapore, p. Keitel, Lecture of C. Keitel at the summer school in Erice, ed.

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Patel, Proceedings of the International Conference on Atomic Coherence Effects, Hong Kong , "Recollisions and high harmonic generation in high intensity laser fields". Rose , "High harmonic generation from strongly driven two-level atoms". Rose , "The Wehrl entropy and atoms in intense laser fields". Keitel, acta physica slovaca 46 , , "Can electronic wavepackets generate attosecond pulses of light? View or edit your browsing history. Get to Know Us. English Choose a language for shopping. Not Enabled Word Wise: Not Enabled Enhanced Typesetting: Would you like to report this content as inappropriate?

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