Buch, Englisch, Band 238, 416 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 645 g
Buch, Englisch, Band 238, 416 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 645 g
Reihe: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics
ISBN: 978-3-642-26396-5
Verlag: Springer
dimensionalanalysis,questionsofclassicaloptics,instabilitiesandlightpressure. Inviewoftherapidlygrowing eldofatoms,moleculesandclustersexposedto superstronglaser eldsweconsidereditascompulsorytodedicateanentirechapter tolaser–atominteractionandtothevariousmoderntheoreticalapproachesrelated toit. Finally,aconsistentmodelofcollisionlessabsorptionisgiven. Dependingonpersonalpreferencesthereadermaymissperhapsasectionon inertialfusion,onhighharmonicgenerationandonradiationfromtheplasma,or ontraditionalatomicandionicspectroscopy. Inviewofthespecializedliterature vii viii Preface alreadyavailableonthesubjectswethinktheself-imposedrestrictionisjusti ed. Ourreferencingpracticewasguidedbyindicatingmaterialforsupplementaryst- iesandestablishingacontinuitythroughthedecadesofresearchinthe eldrather thanbytheaimofcompleteness. Thelatternowadaysiseasilyachievablewiththe aidoftheInternet. Wehavetestedthetextwithrespecttocomprehensionandreadability. Our rst thanksgotoProf. EdithBoriefromtheForschungszentrumKarlsruhe. Shepro- readgreatpartsofthetextverycarefullyandgavevaluablecomments. Insecond placewewouldliketothankMrs. ChristineEidmannfromTheoreticalQuantum A Electronics (TQE), TU Darmstadt, for typing in LTX half of the book. We are E furtherindebtedtoProf. RudolfBockfromGSI,Darmstadt,forhelpfuldiscussions andprecioushints. Furtherthanksforhelpfuldiscussions,criticalcomments,che- ingformulasgotoDr. HerbertSchnabl,Prof. WernerScheid,Dr. RalfSchneider, Dipl. -Phys. TatjanaMuth,Dr. SteffenHain,andDr. FrancescoCeccherini. Wewant toacknowledgeexplicitlythecontinuouseffortandsupportinpreparingthe nal manuscript by Dr. Su-Ming Weng from the Insitute of Physics, CAS, China, at presentfellowoftheHumboldtFoundationatTQE. Forhisprofessionalinputto thesectiononBrillouinscatteringspecialthanksgotoDr. StefanHüllerfromEcole PolytechniqueinPalaiseau. Darmstadt,Germany PeterMulser Rostock,Germany DieterBauer Contents 1 Introductory Remarks and Overview. 1 2 The Laser Plasma: Basic Phenomena and Laws. 5 2. 1 Laser–ParticleInteractionandPlasmaFormation. 6 2. 1. 1 High-PowerLaserFields. 6 2. 1. 2 SingleFreeElectronintheLaserField(Nonrelativistic). 9 2. 1. 3 CollisionalIonization,PlasmaHeating,andQuasineutrality 13 2. 2 FluidDescriptionofaPlasma. 24 2. 2. 1 Two-FluidandOne-FluidModels. 24 2. 2. 2 LinearizedMotions. 37 2. 2. 3 SimilaritySolutions. 44 2. 3 LaserPlasmaDynamics. 58 2. 3. 1 PlasmaProductionwithIntenseShortPulses. 60 2. 3. 2 HeatingwithLongPulsesofConstantIntensity. 63 2. 3. 3 SimilarityConsiderations. 69 2. 4 SteadyStateAblation. 74 2. 4. 1 TheCriticalMachNumberinaStationaryPlanarFlow. 75 2. 4. 2 AblativeLaserIntensity. 78 2. 4. 3 AblationPressureintheAbsenceofPro leSteepening. 82 References. 85 3 Laser Light Propagation and Collisional Absorption.
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- Naturwissenschaften Physik Elektromagnetismus Quantenoptik, Nichtlineare Optik, Laserphysik
- Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Lasertechnologie, Holographie
- Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technische Optik, Lasertechnologie
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik Plasmaphysik
Weitere Infos & Material
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.
