Kaoru Yamanouchi, Philippe Martin, Marc Sentis, Li Ruxin, Didier Normand, editors.
Volume XIV /
Cham :
Springer,
[2018]
1 online resource
Springer Series in Chemical Physics ;
v. 118
Intro; Preface; Contents; Contributors; 1 Strong-Field Threshold Ionization: An Asymptotic Wavefunction Ansatz; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 An Asymptotic Strong-Field Wave Function with Coulomb Boundary Condition; 1.3 Derivation of Energy and Momentum Distributions; 1.4 Results and Discussions; References; 2 Laser-Induced Alignment and Orientation Dynamics Beyond the Rigid-Rotor Approximation; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Theoretical Methods; 2.2.1 Laser-Induced Rovibrational Dynamics; 2.2.2 Bound State Calculations; 2.2.3 Computational Details; 2.3 Results and Discussion; 2.3.1 H2He+ Bound States.
2.3.2 H2He+ Alignment Dynamics2.3.3 H2O Bound States; 2.3.4 H2O Alignment Dynamics; 2.4 Summary and Conclusion; References; 3 Linear and Nonlinear Optics in Coherently Spinning Molecules; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Strategies for Producing Pulse Exhibiting Twisted Linear Polarization; 3.2.1 Polarization Shaping from Basic Optical Schemes; 3.2.2 Polarization Shaping from Pulse Shaper Devices; 3.2.3 Spinning Molecules with a Twisted Linear Polarization; 3.3 Linear Scattering of Light by Spinning Molecules; 3.3.1 Experimental Setup; 3.3.2 Detection and Model; 3.3.3 Temporal and Spectral Analysis.
3.4 Third-Harmonic Generation in Spinning Molecules3.4.1 Model; 3.4.2 Harmonic Spectra; 3.5 Summary; 3.5.1 Conclusion; References; 4 Optimal Control Approaches for Aligning/Orienting Asymmetric Top Molecules; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Optimal Control Simulation with Nonlinear Interactions; 4.2.1 Hamiltonian of Asymmetric Top Molecules; 4.2.2 Optimal Control Simulation; 4.2.3 Special Case: 1D Alignment Control with Linearly Polarized Non-resonant Laser Pulses, E(t); 4.3 Numerical Example; 4.4 Summary; References.
5 Elucidating the Origins of Vibrational Coherences of Polyatomic Molecules Induced by Intense Laser Fields5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Femtosecond XUV Absorption Spectroscopy; 5.3 Experimental Results; 5.3.1 Mechanism of Vibrational Wave Packet Generation in Neutral CH3I; 5.3.2 Observation and Origins of Multimode Coherent Vibrational Motion in CH3I+; 5.3.3 Retrieval of Core-Excited-State Geometries from XUV Probing of Vibrational Wave Packets; 5.4 Discussion; References; 6 Real-Time Observation of Vibrational Wavepackets of Nitrogen Molecule Using A-Few-Pulse Attosecond Pulse Train.
6.1 Introduction6.2 Experimental; 6.2.1 A-Few-Pulse Attosecond Pulse Train; 6.2.2 High-Throughput, High-Stability Interferometer: Atto-Correlator; 6.2.3 Single-Shot Counting Velocity Map Imaging Ion Spectrometer; 6.3 Frequency-Resolved Momentum Imaging of Vibrational Wavepackets; 6.4 Results and Discussion; 6.4.1 Vibrational Wavepackets in a Nitrogen Molecule; 6.4.2 Vibrational Wavepackets in the Neutral Manifolds; 6.4.3 Vibrational Wavepackets in the Singly Charged Manifolds; 6.4.4 Frequency-Resolved Momentum Imaging of Vibrational Wavepackets; 6.5 Summary; References.
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This 14th volume in the PUILS series presents up-to-date reviews of advances in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science, an interdisciplinary research field spanning atomic and molecular physics, molecular science, and optical science, which has been stimulated by the rapid developments in ultrafast laser technologies. Each chapter begins with an overview of the topics to be discussed, so that researchers unfamiliar to the subfield, as well as graduate students, can grasp the importance and appeal of the respective subject matter; this is followed by reports on cutting-edge discoveries. This volume covers a broad range of topics from this interdisciplinary field, e.g. atoms and molecules interacting in intense laser fields, laser-induced filamentation, high-order harmonics generation, and high-intensity lasers and their applications.