Extreme Nonlinear Optics

From the reviews: "This book is informative, well written, well referenced and relevant to all who study ultra-short pulse phenomena. The book comes with problems at the end of chapters and has examples throughout and would form the basis of an honours-level course in the field. This is a worthy inclusion to the library for those interested." (John Holdsworth, Australian Physics, Vol. 42 (5), 2005) "Very intense short-pulse lasers are available today ... . Starting with an introduction to the field ... later chapters guide the student towards the current state of the art. Exercises accompany each section with detailed solutions given at the end of the book." (Opto & Laser Europe, Issue 122, 2004) "This is a textbook aiming to teach students basic knowledge about phenomena induced by extremely short pulses of optical (electromagnetic) radiation, whose peak density is extremely large, hence the name of 'Extreme nonlinear optics'. ... The book offers the presentation of the material at two different levels of complexity, basic and advanced. The book also contains a large number of exercises, which lends it an extra pedagogical value." (Boris A. Malomed, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1104 (6), 2007)

• Selected Aspects of Few-Cycle Laser Pulses and Nonlinear Optics.- The Lorentz Oscillator Model and Beyond ….- The Drude Free-Electron Model and Beyond ….- Lorentz Becomes Drude: Bound—Unbound Transitions.- Accounting for Propagation Effects.- Extreme Nonlinear Optics of Semiconductors and Isolators.- Extreme Nonlinear Optics of Atoms and Electrons.