ENEE 789M: Intense Laser-material Interactions and Applications

Course Goals:

This course will review the underlying principles for intense laser-material interactions, from the weakly nonlinear regime in gases and solids, to the strongly nonlinear, relativistic regime in plasma. Four basic applications, spanning this intensity range, will guide the discussion: harmonic generation, laser ablation, laser-induced fusion, and laser-driven particle acceleration.

Course Prerequisite(s):

ENEE 680 and ENEE 381 (or equivalent), or permission of instructor.

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Textbook(s)

There will be no textbook.

Reference(s):

Several review papers to be distributed in class, plus several books in library on course reserve.

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Optional Topics:

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Grading Method:

There will be five or six graded problem sets