Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science III

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XII

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2. Foundations of the Strong-Field Approximation

   • Howard R. Reiss

   Pages 1-31

3. Trajectory Description of Ionization Processes in Strong Optical Fields

   • Takaaki Onishi, Akira Shudo, Kensuke S. Ikeda

   Pages 33-52

4. Many Electron Ionization Processes in Strong and Ultrastrong Fields

   • Anthony DiChiara, Isaac Ghebregziabher, Sasi Palaniyappan, Emily L. Huskins, Adam Falkowski, Dan Pajerowski et al.

   Pages 53-74

5. Molecular Rearrangements in Intense Laser Fields

   • Manchikanti Krishnamurthy, Deepak Mathur

   Pages 75-91

6. Optical Control of Chiral Molecular Motors

   • Kunihito Hoki, Masahiro Yamaki, Yuichi Fujimura

   Pages 93-112

7. Non-Coulomb Explosions of Molecules in Intense Laser Fields

   • Fanao Kong, See Leang Chin

   Pages 113-127

8. Excitation, Fragmentation and Control of Large Finite Systems: C60 in Moderately Strong Laser Fields

   • Tim Laarmann, Claus Peter Schulz, Ingolf Volker Hertel

   Pages 129-148

9. Theoretical Description of Rare-Gas Clusters Under Intense Laser Pulses

   • Ionut¸ Georgescu, Ulf Saalmann, Christian Siedschlag, Jan M. Rost

   Pages 149-169

10. Molecular High Order Harmonic Generation

    • Andre D. Bandrauk, Samira Barmaki, Szczepan Chelkowski, Gerard Lagmago Kamta

    Pages 171-205

11. Nonlinear Multiphoton Process in the XUV Region and its Application to Autocorrelation Measurement

    • Katsumi Midorikawa, Yauso Nabekawa

    Pages 207-217

12. Controlling Light Polarization for Attosecond Pulse Generation

    • Eric Constant, Eric Mével

    Pages 219-242

13. Some Fundamental Concepts of Femtosecond Laser Filamentation

    • See Leang Chin, Weiwei Liu, Francis Théberge, Qi Luo, Seyed A. Hosseini, Valery P. Kandidov et al.

    Pages 243-264

14. The Transport of Relativistic, Laser-Produced Electrons in Matter – Part 1

    • Dimitri Batani, Richard R. Freeman, Sophie Baton

    Pages 265-294

15. The Transport of Relativistic, Laser-Produced Electrons in Matter – Part 2

    • Dimitri Batani, Richard R. Freeman, Sophie Baton

    Pages 295-322

16. Ultrafast, Ultrahigh Intensity Lasers: Challenges and Perspectives

    • Koichi Yamakawa

    Pages 323-355

17. Back Matter

    Pages 357-365

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The frontiers in ultrafast intense laser science are rapidly expanding thanks to the progress in ultrashort and high-power laser technologies, and the interd- ciplinary nature of this research ?eld is attracting researchers with di?erent expertise and backgrounds. As in the ?rst two volumes of PUILS, each chapter in the present volume, whose page length is in the range of 15 to 25 pages, begins with an int- duction in which clear and concise accounts of the signi?cance of the topics is described, followed by a description of the authors’ most recent research results. All chapters are peer-reviewed. The articles of this third volume cover a diverse range of the interdisciplinary research ?eld, and the topics may be grouped in ?ve categories: strong ?eld ionization of atoms (Chaps. 1–3), i- ization and fragmentation of molecules and clusters (Chaps. 4–8), generation of high-order harmonics and attosecond pulses (Chaps. 9–11), ?lamentation and laser plasma interaction (Chaps. 12–14), and the development of ult- short and ultrahigh-intensity light sources (Chap. 15). The PUILS series has been edited in liaison with the activities of the MEXT Priority Area Program on Control of Molecules in Intense Laser Fields (FY2002–2005), the JSPS Core-to-Core Program on Ultrafast Intense Laser Science (FY2004–), and JILS (Japan Intense Light Field Science Society). Starting with the present volume, JILS has become a sponsor organization for the PUILS series, taking on responsibility for its regular publication.

• Attosecond physics
• Ionization
• Laser
• Plasma
• Propagation
• Reaction control
• Ultrafast intense laser science

• Department of Chemistry, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

  Kaoru Yamanouchi

• Center for Optics, Photonics and Laser (COPL) & Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Optics, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada

  See Leang Chin

• Department of Physics, Ohio State University, Ohio, USA

  Pierre Agostini

• Dipto. di Fisica e Tecnologie Relative, Università di Palermo, Palermo, Italy

  Gaetano Ferrante

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