Quantum Dynamic Imaging [electronic resource] : Theoretical and Numerical Methods /
Bandrauk, Andre D.editor.
Ivanov, Misha.editor.
Studying and using light or "photons" to image and then to control and transmit molecular information is among the most challenging and significant research fields to emerge in recent years. One of the fastest growing areas involves research in the temporal imaging of quantum phenomena, ranging from molecular dynamics in the femto (10-15s) time regime for atomic motion to the atto (10-18s) time scale of electron motion. In fact, the attosecond "revolution" is now recognized as one of the most important recent breakthroughs and innovations in the science of the 21st century. A major participant in the development of ultrafast femto and attosecond temporal imaging of molecular quantum phenomena has been theory and numerical simulation of the nonlinear, non-perturbative response of atoms and molecules to ultrashort laser pulses. Therefore, imaging quantum dynamics is a new frontier of science requiring advanced mathematical approaches for analyzing and solving spatial and temporal multidimensional partial differential equations such as Time-Dependent Schroedinger Equations (TDSE) and Time-Dependent Dirac equations (TDDEs for relativistic phenomena). These equations are also coupled to the photons in Maxwell's equations for collective propagation effects. Inversion of the experimental imaging data of quantum dynamics presents new mathematical challenges in the imaging of quantum wave coherences on subatomic (subnanometer) spatial dimensions and multiple timescales from atto to femto and even nanoseconds. In Quantum Dynamic Imaging: Theoretical and Numerical Methods, leading researchers discuss these exciting state-of-the-art developments and their implications for R&D in view of the promise of quantum dynamic imaging science as the essential tool for controlling matter at the molecular level. Presents the latest research results in ultrafast imaging of quantum phenomena Demonstrates the wide-ranging potential of quantum dynamic imaging for R&D in areas as diverse as optoelectronics, materials science, and quantum information Edited and written by international leaders in the field.
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Quantum Dynamic Imaging; Preface; Contents; List of Contributors; Nonproduct Quadrature Grids: Solving the Vibrational Schrödinger Equation in 12d; Multi-Photon Single and Double Ionization of Complex Atoms by Ultrashort Intense Laser Pulses; Correlated Electron-Nuclear Motion Visualized Using a Wavelet Time-Frequency Analysis; A Theory of Dynamic Imaging of Coherent Molecular Rotations by High Harmonic Generation; The R-matrix Calculations of Orientation and Coulomb Phase Efects in Electron-Molecule (Re-) Collisions; Visual Analysis of Quantum Physics Data
Theory of Dynamic Imaging of Molecules with Intense Infrared Laser PulsesAb Initio Methods for Few- and Many-Electron Atomic Systems in Intense Short-Pulse Laser Light; Strong-Field Ionization of Molecules: Simple Analytical Expressions; Recent Advances in Computational Methods for the Solution of the Time-Dependent Schrödinger Equation for the Interaction of Short, Intense Radiation with One and Two Electron Systems: Application to He and H+2; Information of Electron Dynamics Embedded in Coupled Equations for Femtosecond Nuclear Wavepackets; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Studying and using light or "photons" to image and then to control and transmit molecular information is among the most challenging and significant research fields to emerge in recent years. One of the fastest growing areas involves research in the temporal imaging of quantum phenomena, ranging from molecular dynamics in the femto (10-15s) time regime for atomic motion to the atto (10-18s) time scale of electron motion. In fact, the attosecond "revolution" is now recognized as one of the most important recent breakthroughs and innovations in the science of the 21st century. A major participant in the development of ultrafast femto and attosecond temporal imaging of molecular quantum phenomena has been theory and numerical simulation of the nonlinear, non-perturbative response of atoms and molecules to ultrashort laser pulses. Therefore, imaging quantum dynamics is a new frontier of science requiring advanced mathematical approaches for analyzing and solving spatial and temporal multidimensional partial differential equations such as Time-Dependent Schroedinger Equations (TDSE) and Time-Dependent Dirac equations (TDDEs for relativistic phenomena). These equations are also coupled to the photons in Maxwell's equations for collective propagation effects. Inversion of the experimental imaging data of quantum dynamics presents new mathematical challenges in the imaging of quantum wave coherences on subatomic (subnanometer) spatial dimensions and multiple timescales from atto to femto and even nanoseconds. In Quantum Dynamic Imaging: Theoretical and Numerical Methods, leading researchers discuss these exciting state-of-the-art developments and their implications for R&D in view of the promise of quantum dynamic imaging science as the essential tool for controlling matter at the molecular level. Presents the latest research results in ultrafast imaging of quantum phenomena Demonstrates the wide-ranging potential of quantum dynamic imaging for R&D in areas as diverse as optoelectronics, materials science, and quantum information Edited and written by international leaders in the field.
Quantum optics.
Physical chemistry.
Optical materials.
Electronic materials.
Physics.
Lasers.
Photonics.
Microwaves.
Optical engineering.
Quantum Optics.
Physical Chemistry.
Optical and Electronic Materials.
Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation.
Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.
Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.