Preface
We are pleased to present the fifteenth volume of Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser
Science. As the frontiers of ultrafast intense laser science rapidly expand ever
outward, there continues to be a growing demand for an introduction to this
interdisciplinary research field that is at once widely accessible and capable of
delivering cutting-edge developments. Our series aims to respond to this call by
providing a compilation of concise review-style articles written by researchers at
the forefront of this research field, so that researchers with different backgrounds as
well as graduate students can easily grasp the essential aspects.
As in the previous volumes, each chapter of this book begins with an introductory part, in which a clear and concise overview of the topic and its significance
is given, and moves onto a description of the authors' most recent research results.
All chapters are peer-reviewed. The articles of this fifteenth volume cover a diverse
range of the interdisciplinary research field, and the topics may be grouped into four
categories: laser-induced filamentation (Chaps. 1 and 2); atoms and molecules in a
laser field (Chaps. 3 and 4); interaction of solid materials with a coherent light field
(Chaps. 5 and 6); and ion acceleration and ionization of atoms in super intense laser
fields (Chaps. 7 and 8).
From the third volume, the PUILS series has been edited in liaison with the
activities of the Center for Ultrafast Intense Laser Science at the University of
Tokyo, which has also been responsible for sponsoring the series and making the
regular publication of its volumes possible. From the fifth volume, the Consortium
on Education and Research on Advanced Laser Science, the University of Tokyo,
has joined this publication activity as one of the sponsoring programs. The series,
designed to stimulate interdisciplinary discussion at the forefront of ultrafast intense
laser science, has also collaborated since its inception with the annual symposium
series of ISUILS (http://www.isuils.jp/), sponsored by JILS (Japan Intense Light
Field Science Society).
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the authors who have
kindly contributed to the PUILS series by describing their most recent work at the
frontiers of ultrafast intense laser science. We also thank the reviewers who have
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We are pleased to present the fifteenth volume of Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser
Science. As the frontiers of ultrafast intense laser science rapidly expand ever
outward, there continues to be a growing demand for an introduction to this
interdisciplinary research field that is at once widely accessible and capable of
delivering cutting-edge developments. Our series aims to respond to this call by
providing a compilation of concise review-style articles written by researchers at
the forefront of this research field, so that researchers with different backgrounds as
well as graduate students can easily grasp the essential aspects.
As in the previous volumes, each chapter of this book begins with an introductory part, in which a clear and concise overview of the topic and its significance
is given, and moves onto a description of the authors' most recent research results.
All chapters are peer-reviewed. The articles of this fifteenth volume cover a diverse
range of the interdisciplinary research field, and the topics may be grouped into four
categories: laser-induced filamentation (Chaps. 1 and 2); atoms and molecules in a
laser field (Chaps. 3 and 4); interaction of solid materials with a coherent light field
(Chaps. 5 and 6); and ion acceleration and ionization of atoms in super intense laser
fields (Chaps. 7 and 8).
From the third volume, the PUILS series has been edited in liaison with the
activities of the Center for Ultrafast Intense Laser Science at the University of
Tokyo, which has also been responsible for sponsoring the series and making the
regular publication of its volumes possible. From the fifth volume, the Consortium
on Education and Research on Advanced Laser Science, the University of Tokyo,
has joined this publication activity as one of the sponsoring programs. The series,
designed to stimulate interdisciplinary discussion at the forefront of ultrafast intense
laser science, has also collaborated since its inception with the annual symposium
series of ISUILS (http://www.isuils.jp/), sponsored by JILS (Japan Intense Light
Field Science Society).
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the authors who have
kindly contributed to the PUILS series by describing their most recent work at the
frontiers of ultrafast intense laser science. We also thank the reviewers who have
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