Progress in Ultra-short Electromagnetic Pulse Technology

This book highlights new concepts in different fields of electromagnetics. An electromagnetic pulse is a high-intensity, short-duration burst of energy. Ultra-short electromagnetic sources have numerous possible advanced applications including: the creation and investigation of new drugs and other medically significant molecular structures; investigation of energy processes in DNA structures; treatment of cancerous and genetic diseases; development of industrial materials used under high pressure; nuclear waste treatment and storage; fusion reactions.

• Presents the latest developments in this developing technology
• A key topic for researchers in physics and medicine
• Well-known author in both Europe and the United States

Postgraduate students and practising engineers; biologists; chemists, biochemists; biophysicists; nuclear physicists; astrophysicists and laser specialists

1. Introduction: electromagnetic waves: The concept of coherence; laser beam source; laser - matter interaction; ultra-wideband ultra-short electromagnetic pulses; synchrotron radiation sources; Interaction with matter; Space-time and time-frequency approaches. 2. Ultra-short electromagnetic pulse generation and interaction: Theoretical and analytical approach; Instrumentation for ultra-short pulse generation and signal data processing; applications. 3. Ultra-short Laser-Matter Interactions: Nuclear fusion and laser-produced plasmas; Ultra-short laser pulses and interaction with matter. 4. Temporal Aspects for a Synchrotron Radiation source: Interaction of Ultra-short X-ray Pulses with Matter: Progress and trends in instrumentation and X-ray optics; X-ray temporal modulation for dynamic studies in condensed matter in biology, biochemistry and medicine.