Atoms, Solids, and Plasmas in Super-Intense Laser Fields

1. Posters

   1. Elliptic Dichroism in Angular Distributions in Free-Free Transitions in Hydrogen

      • Aurelia Cionga, Fritz Ehlotzky, Gabriela Zloh

      Pages 351-356

   2. Shock Electromagnetic Waves Resulting from Higher Harmonics Generation in Transparent Solids

      • Vitali E. Gruzdev, Anastasia S. Gruzdeva

      Pages 357-362

   3. Study of Fast Electron Propagation in Ultra-Intense Laser Pulse Interaction with Solid Targets Using Rear Side Optical Self-Radiation and Reflectivity-Based Diagnostics

      • J. J. Santos, E. Martinolli, F. Amiranoff, D. Batani, S. D. Baton, A. Bernardinello et al.

      Pages 363-373

   4. Demonstration of a Hybridly Pumped Soft X-Ray Laser

      • Fulvia Bortolotto

      Pages 375-380

   5. X-Ray Emission from Laser Irradiated Structured Gold Targets

      • T. Desai, H. Daido, M. Suzuk, N. Sakaya, Ariel R. Guerreiro, K. Mima

      Pages 381-387

   6. Measurement of Spectral and Angular Distribution of Hard X-Rays from Laser Produced Plasmas and their Application

      • S. Düsterer, H. Schwoerer, R. Behrens, C. Ziener, C. Reich, P. Gibbon et al.

      Pages 389-394

   7. Equation of State of Water in the Megabar Range

      • E. Henry, D. Batani, M. Koenig, A. Benuzzi, I. Masclet, B. Marchet et al.

      Pages 395-400

   8. XUV Interferometry Using High Order Harmonics: Application to Plasma Diagnostics

      • J.-F. Hergott

      Pages 401-406

2. Back Matter

   Pages 407-412

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The recent developement of high power lasers, delivering femtosecond pulses of 20 2 intensities up to 10 W/cm , has led to the discovery of new phenomena in laser interactions with matter. At these enormous laser intensities, atoms, and molecules are exposed to extreme conditions and new phenomena occur, such as the very rapid multi photon ionization of atomic systems, the emission by these systems of very high order harmonics of the exciting laser light, the Coulomb explosion of molecules, and the acceleration of electrons close to the velocity of light. These phenomena generate new behaviour of bulk matter in intense laser fields, with great potential for wide ranging applications which include the study of ultra-fast processes, the development of high-frequency lasers, and the investigation of the properties of plasmas and condensed matter under extreme conditions of temperature and pressure. In particular, the concept of the "fast ignitor" approach to inertial confinement fusion (ICF) has been proposed, which is based on the separation of the compression and the ignition phases in laser-driven ICF. The aim of this course on "Atom, Solids and Plasmas in Super-Intense Laser fields" was to bring together senior researchers and students in atomic and molecular physics, laser physics, condensed matter and plasma physics, in order to review recent developments in high-intensity laser-matter interactions. The course was held at the Ettore Majorana International Centre for Scientific Culture in Erice from July 8 to July 14,2000.

• Laser
• Plasma
• Potential
• cluster
• electromagnetic wave
• integrated circuit
• molecule
• spectra

• University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy

  Dimitri Batani

• Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

  Charles J. Joachain

• University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

  Sergio Martellucci

• Hughes Research Laboratories, Inc., Malibu, USA

  Arthur N. Chester

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