Chaos research in laser physics, especially in semiconductor lasers, has developed further even after completion of the first edition of this book in the late summer of 2004, and it is still growing rapidly. For example, various forms of chaotic dynamics have been applied in newly developed semiconductor lasers, such as in vertical-cavity surface-emitting semiconductor lasers and broad-area sem…
In the present volume the main aspects of high-power laser–matter interaction in the intensity range 1010–1022 W/cm2 are described. We offer a guide to this topic for scientists and students who have just discovered the field as a new and attractive area of research, and for scientists who have worked in another field and want to join now the subject of laser plasmas. Being aware of the…