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This volume presents the Proceedings of "New Development in Optics and Related Fields," held in Italy in June, 2005. This meeting was organized by the International School of Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy of the "Ettore Majorana" Center for Scientific Culture. The purpose of this Institute was to provide a comprehensive and coherent treatment of the new techniques and contemporary developments in optics and related fields.

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This second edition in paperback provides an up-to-datereview of the state of the art in different generationprocesses for ultrashort laser pulses. Inaddition,extensive applications in a wide range of fields - inphysics,engineering, chemistry, and biology - arediscussed:Eight chapters dealwith the following topics:-the generation of picosecond and femtosecondlaser pulses-nonlinear wave interactions- new investigations in solid-state physics- recent progress in optoelectronics- advances incoherent material excitations- ultrafast vibrational lifetimes and energyredistribution in liquids- new observations of chemical reactions inthe liquid state- the primary processes of important biologicalsystemsThe book is essential reading for scientists and engineerswhowant to know what is going on in this rapidly advancingfield. It shouldalso interest graduate students and otherswho seek an introduction to laserpulses. ... Read more

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Most of the texts available on lasers deal with laser engineering and laser applications, only a few of them treating theoretical aspects of the laser at an advanced level. Introduction to Laser Physics provides an introduction to the essential physics of quantum electronics and lasers. Fundamental topics in modern optics, the applicability of various theoretical approaches, and the physical meaning of laser-related phenomena are carefully described. Experimental results and properties of practical lasers are interwoven, thereby allowing an explicit demonstration of the rate equation approach and the semiclassical treatment. The basic concepts of nonlinear optical devices and laser spectroscopy are intro- duced. The second edition includes additional information on optical resonators, minor improvements of the text and several new problems, completed with solutions. ... Read more

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The field of laser-atom interactions has undergone spectacular progress recently, due primarily to the advent of superintense laser radiation. New phenomena have been discovered over a broad range of frequencies, from microwaves to the visible, and to X-rays, which require novel theoretical approaches. This book contains a unique collection of overviews of the latest advances, written by some of the leading specialists. It is addressed to all those active in these fields, but it contains sufficient introductory information to make it useful for a more general audience. The book examines the effects of superintense laser fields on multiphoton ionization and harmonic generation; covers novel effects with ultrashort, subpicosecond laser pulses; features Rydberg atoms in intense microwave fields; and presents nonperturbative theories of laser-atom interactions, such as the Floquet methods and the time dependent Schroedinger education method. ... Read more

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This volume presents results from fundamental research on the phenomenon of phase conjugation of laser emission discovered at the Physics Institute of the Academy of Sciences during stimulated scattering in hypersound, and with four-wave interaction in a wavelength range from the visible through the mid-infrared. Fundamentally new optical designs and methods of controlling laser emission are proposed and tested experimentally on the basis of this effect. ... Read more

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Internationally aclaimed specialists present the latest results of research with significant applications in semiconductor lithography, laser fusion research, and defence. ... Read more