Stimulated atomic and nuclear processes in short laser pulse interaction

Short pulse laser interaction with micro-structured targets: simulations of laser absorption and ion acceleration

The interaction of an ultrashort intense laser pulse with thin foil targets is accompanied by the acceleration of ions from the target surface. To make this ion source suitable for application, it is of particular importance to increase the efficiency of laser energy transformation into accelerated ions and the maximum ion energy. This can be achieved by using a thin foil target with a microsco...

Short-pulse laser-produced plasmas

In this review, the physics of short-pulse laser-produced plasmas at moderate intensities is described, together with applications to x-ray sources and material processing.

Strongly coupled large-angle stimulated Raman scattering of short laser pulse in plasma-filled capillary

Strongly coupled large-angle stimulated Raman scattering sLA SRSd of a short intense laser pulse develops in a plane plasma-filled capillary differently than in a plasma with open boundaries. Coupling the laser pulse to a capillary seeds the LA SRS in the forward direction sscattering angle smaller than p /2d and can thus produce a high instability level in the vicinity of the entrance plane. I...

Oblique Stimulated Raman Scattering of a Short Laser Pulse in a Plasma Channel

Molecular Resonance Raman and Rayleigh Scattering Stimulated by a Short Laser Pulse

We study a simple model for a molecule subjected to a short laser pulse. We derive very simple expressions for resonance Raman and resonance Rayleigh scattering amplitudes to leading order in the strength μ of the laser and the Born–Oppenheimer parameter for the molecule. We also briefly consider the situation where the incident light is close to, but not exactly at the resonance frequency for ...