Resonance Enhancement in Laser-Produced Plasmas

<p><b>A comprehensive guide to a new technology for enabling high-performance spectroscopy and laser sources</b></p> <p><i>Resonance Enhancement in Laser-Produced Plasmas</i> offers a guide to the most recent findings in the newly emerged field of resonance-enhanced high-order harmonic generation using the laser pulses propagating through the narrow and extended laser-produced plasma plumes. The author—a noted expert in the field—presents an introduction and the theory that underpin the roles of resonances in harmonic generation. The book also contains a review of the most advanced methods of plasma harmonics generation at the conditions of coincidence of some harmonics, autoionizing states, and some ionic transitions possessing strong oscillator strengths.</p> <p>Comprehensive in scope, this text clearly demonstrates the importance of resonance-enhanced nonlinear optical effects leading to formation of efficient sources of coherent extreme ultraviolet radiation that can be practically applied. This important resource:</p> <ul> <li>Puts the focuses on novel applications of laser-plasma physics, such as the development of ultrashort-wavelength coherent light sources</li> <li>Details both the theoretical and experimental aspects of higher-order harmonic generation in laser-produced plasmas</li> <li>Contains information on early studies of resonance enhancement of harmonics in metal-ablated plasmas</li> <li>Analyzes the drawbacks of different theories of resonant high order harmonic generation</li> <li>Includes a discussion of the quasi-phase-matching and properties of semiconductor plasmas</li> </ul> <p>Written for researchers and students in the fields of physics, materials science, and electrical engineering who are interested in laser physics and optics, <i>Resonance Enhancement in Laser-Produced Plasmas </i>offers an introduction to the topic and covers recent experimental studies of various resonance processes in plasmas leading to enhancement of single harmonic.</p>