Coulomb Explosion Imaging of Molecular Dynamics in Intense Laser Fields -- Intact Molecular Ion Formation of Some Organic Molecules by Femtosecond Lasers -- Ultrafast Electron Dynamics -- S-Matrix Theory of Nonsequential Double Ionization -- Laser Control of Chemical Dynamics. I. Control of Electronic Transitions by Quadratic Chirping -- Laser Control of Chemical Dynamics. II. Control of Wavepacket Motion -- Pulse Shaping Technology of Intense Femtosecond Laser Pulses for Molecule Control -- Control of High Harmonic Generation Processes Using Chirped and Self-Guided Femtosecond Laser Pulses -- Focusing Intense High-Order Harmonics to a Micron Spot Size -- Application of X-Ray Spectroscopy to the Study of Energy Transport in Plasma Produced by an Ultrahigh-Intensity Laser -- Collimated and Ultrafast X-Ray Beams from Laser-Plasma Interactions -- Investigations of Relativistic Laser Plasma from Micron-Sized Ar Clusters -- Full Vectorial, Intense Ultrashort Pulse Propagators: Derivation and Applications -- Some Properties of Femtosecond Laser Filamentation Relevant to Atmospheric Applications Part I. The Robustness of Filamentation -- Some Properties of Femtosecond Laser Filamentation Relevant to Atmospheric Applications Part II. Large-Scale Filamentation -- Fast Electrons in High-Intensity Laser Interactions with Plasmas -- Ultraintense Electromagnetic Radiation in Plasmas: Part II. Relativistic Electromagnetic Solitons and Laser-Driven Ion Acceleration.

This book series addresses a newly emerging interdisciplinary research field, Ultrafast Intense Laser Science, spanning atomic and molecular physics, molecular science, and optical science. Its progress is being stimulated by the recent development of ultrafast laser technologies. Highlights of this second volume include Coulomb explosion and fragmentation of molecules, control of chemical dynamics, high-order harmonic generation, propagation and filamentation, and laser-plasma interaction. All chapters are authored by foremost experts in their fields and the texts are written at a level accessible to newcomers and graduate students, each chapter beginning with an introductory overview.