Laser Physics at Relativistic Intensities
By: by Andrew V. Borovsky, Andrew L. Galkin, Oleg B. Shiryaev, Thierry Auguste
Contributors: Galkin, Andrew L.; Shiryaev, Oleg B.; Auguste, Thierry
Series: Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics -- 34; Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics -- 34
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9783642077876; 9783662052426
Subjects: Physics
Description: This book addresses the nonlinear interactions of ultra-high-intensity electromagnetic radiation with matter. It describes fundamentally new regimes of laser pulse propagation, including relativistic and charge-displacement self-channelling and instabilities of electromagnetic radiation in plasmas (Raman scattering by plasmons, harmonic excitation, collective Compton effect). The analysis makes use of fully nonlinear models, analytical techniques and extensive simulations, whereby both qualitative and quantitative interpretations are included. The book provides a comprehensive introduction to laser physics at relativistic intensities that will be valuable to both researchers and graduate students.
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Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Fundamentals of Cold Plasma Electrodynamics; title: Relativistically Intense Electromagnetic Waves in Plasmas; title: Instabilities of Circularly Polarized Plane Electromagnetic Waves in Plasmas; title: Instabilities of Linearly Polarized Plane Electromagnetic Waves in Plasmas; title: Models of Nonlinear Propagation of Relativistically Intense Ultrashort Laser Pulses in Plasmas; title: Intense Laser Pulse Solitions in Plasmas; title: Relativistic and Charge-Displacement Self-Channeling of Intense Ultrashort Laser Pulses in Plasmas; title: Temporal and Spatial Two-Dimensional Dynamics of Relativistic and Charge-Displacement Self-Channeling; title: Propagation of Laser Radiation in Multiple Stage Ionized Matter; title: Experiments on Laser-Matter Interaction inthe Relativistic Regime.