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Theoretical Femtosecond Physics Atoms and Molecules in Strong Laser Fields

:	Frank Grossmann
:	Theoretical Femtosecond Physics Atoms and Molecules in Strong Laser Fields
:	Springer-Verlag
:	9783540778974
:	1
:	CHF 132.90
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:	Theoretische Physik
:	English

:	216
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This volume offers theoretical investigations of atoms and molecules interacting with pulsed or continuous wave lasers. Theoretical background is included, and the text incorporates several exercises. Additional calculations are performed in the appendices.

PhD at the University of Augsburg under the supervision of Prof. P. Hänggi in 1992 - Postdoctoral stays at UW, Seattle, WA, USA, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA and at the University of Notre Dame, IN, USA - Habilitation and Venia Legendi at the University of Freiburg in 1998 - Privatdozent at TU Dresden since 2000

	Preface	7
	Contents	10
	Part I Prerequisites	13
	1 A Short Introduction to Laser Physics	14
	1.1 The Einstein Coe.cients	14
	1.2 Fundamentals of the Laser	17
	1.3 Pulsed Lasers	21
	1.A Some Gaussian Integrals	26
	Notes and Further Reading	27
	References	27
	2 Time-Dependent Quantum Theory	28
	2.1 The Time-Dependent Schr¨ odinger Equation	28
	2.2 Analytical Approaches	41
	2.3 Numerical Methods	59
	2.A The Royal Road to the Path Integral	76
	2.B Variational Calculus	78
	2.C Stability Matrix	80
	2.D From the HK- to the VVG-Propagator	82
	Notes and Further Reading	83
	References	83
	Part II Applications	86
	3 Field Matter Coupling and Two-Level Systems	87
	3.1 Light Matter Interaction	87
	3.2 Analytically Solvable Two-Level Problems	93
	3.A Generalized Parity Transformation	101
	3.B Two-Level System in an Incoherent Field	103
	Notes and Further Reading	104
	References	105
	4 Single Electron Atoms in Strong Laser Fields	106
	4.1 The Hydrogen Atom	106
	4.2 Field Induced Ionization	110
	4.3 High Harmonic Generation	128
	4.A More on Atomic Units	140
	Notes and Further Reading	141
	References	142
	5 Molecules in Strong Laser Fields	144
	5.1 The Molecular Ion	144
	5.2 H+ 2 in a Laser Field	151
	in a Laser Field	151
	5.3 Adiabatic and Nonadiabatic Nuclear Dynamics	160
	5.4 Control of Molecular Dynamics	186
	5.A Relative and Center of Mass Coordinates for	209
	5.B Perturbation Theory for Two Coupled Surfaces	210
	5.C Re.ection Principle of Photodissociation	211
	5.D The Undriven Double Well Problem	212
	5.E The Quantum Mechanical Adiabatic Theorem	214
	Notes and Further Reading	214
	References	215
	Index	218