Thermal Processes Using Attosecond Laser Pulses: When Time Matters / Edition 1

by Miroslaw Kozlowski, Janina Marciak-Kozlowska

Overview

This book is based on the results of our interest in the field of ultrashort laser pulses interaction with matter. The aim of our monograph was to build the balanced description of the thermal transport phenomena generated by laser pulses shorter than the characteristic relaxation time. In the book we explore the matter on the quark, nuclear as well atomic scales. Also on the cosmic scale (Planck Era) the thermal disturbance shorter than the Planck time creates the new picture of the Universe. The mathematics, especially PDE, are the main tool in the description of the ultrashort thermal phenomena. Two types of the PDE: parabolic and hyperbolic partial differential equations are of special interest in the study of the thermal processes. We assume a moderate knowledge of basic Fourier and d’Alembert eq- tions. The scope of the book is deliberately limited to the background of the quantum mechanics equations: Schr¨ odinger and Klein-Gordon. In this book the attosecond laser pulses are the main source of the dist- bance of the thermal state of the matter. Recently, the attosecond laser pulses constitute a novel tool for probing processes taking place on the time scale of electron motion inside atoms. The research presented in this book appears to provide the basic tools and concepts for attosecond thermal dynamics. Nevertheless much research is still needed to make this emerging field routinely applicable for a broad range of processes on atomic and subatomic scales.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781441921369
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	11/24/2010
Series:	Springer Series in Optical Sciences , #121
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2006
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

Profesors Miroslaw Kozlowski and Janina Marciak-Kozlowska are the authors of five monographs concerning the basic problems of science and technology of materials investigated with lasers pulses. They published over 200 original scientific papers in Foundations of Physics Letters, Int. Journal of Thermophysics, Nuovo Cimento B and Laesers in Engineerring. Profesor Janina Marciak-Kozlowska has, also, directed five large industrial programs in the field of nanoscience granted by Polish Governement.

Table of Contents

Wave Phenomena: An Overview.- Causal Thermal Phenomena, Classical Description.- Causal Thermal Phenomena, Quantal Description.- Application of the Quantum Heat Transport Equation.- Causal Thermal Phenomena in a Planck Era.- Attophysics and Technology with Ultrashort Laser Pulses.- Faster, Brighter, Shorter.- Fundamental Physics with Attosecond Laser Pulses.- Epilogue: The Emergence of Quantum Dynamics in a Classical World.

Editorial Reviews

From the reviews:

"This book is based on the results of the authors’ interest in the field of ultrashort laser pulses interaction with matter. … In summary, ‘the attosecond laser pulse technology opens new possibilities in experimental as well as theoretical solid-state physics, optics, thermodynamics, and electronics. It is the first step in the new visualization of the fundamental processes that shape our Universe.’ … thus may ably serve as the first book for those being initiates to the subject." (Current Engineering Practice, 2007)

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