Strong Field Laser Physics (Hardcover)

High-Intensity Laser Sources.- High-Energy Pulse Compression Techniques.- Ultrafast Laser Amplifier Systems.- Optical Parametric Amplification Techniques.- Carrier-Envelope Phase of Ultrashort Pulses.- Free-Electron Lasers - High-Intensity X-Ray Sources.- Laser-Matter Interaction - Nonrelativistic.- Numerical Methods in Strong Field Physics.- Principles of Single Atom Physics: High-Order Harmonic Generation, Above-Threshold Ionization and Non-Sequential Ionization.- Ionization of Small Molecules by Strong Laser Fields.- Probing Molecular Structure and Dynamics by Laser-Driven Electron Recollisions.- Intense Laser Interaction with Noble Gas Clusters.- Laser-Induced Optical Breakdown in Solids.- Laser-Driven X-ray Sources.- Macroscopic Effects in High-Order Harmonic Generation.- Attosecond Pulses: Generation, Detection, and Applications.- High-Order Harmonics from Plasma Surfaces.- Table-Top X-Ray Lasers in Short Laser Pulse and Discharge Driven Plasmas.- Time-Resolved X-Ray Science: Emergence of X-Ray Beams Using Laser Systems.- Atomic Multi-photon Interaction with Intense Short-Wavelength Fields.- Laser-Matter Interaction - Relativistic.- Relativistic Laser-Plasma Physics.- High-Density Plasma Laser Interaction.- Relativistic Laser-Atom Physics.- Tests of QED with Intense Lasers.- Nuclear Physics with Intense Lasers.- Intense Field Physics with Heavy Ions.- Ion-Generated, Attosecond Pulses: Interaction with Atoms and Comparison to Femtosecond Laser Fields.