Materials Interaction with Femtosecond Lasers: Theory and Ultra-Large-Scale Simulations of Thermal and Nonthermal Pheomena

By Bernd Bauerhenne

Book Overview

This book presents a unified view of the response of materials as a result of femtosecond laser excitation, introducing a general theory that captures both ultrashort-time non-thermal and long-time thermal phenomena. It includes a novel method for performing ultra-large-scale molecular dynamics simulations extending into experimental and technological spatial dimensions with ab-initio precision. For this, it introduces a new class of interatomic potentials, constructed from ab-initio data with the help of a self-learning algorithm, and verified by direct comparison with experiments in two different materials -- the semiconductor silicon and the semimetal antimony.

In addition to a detailed description of the new concepts introduced, as well as giving a timely review of ultrafast phenomena, the book provides a rigorous introduction to the field of laser-matter interaction and ab-initio description of solids, delivering a complete and self-contained examination of the topic from thevery first principles. It explains, step by step from the basic physical principles, the underlying concepts in quantum mechanics, solid-state physics, thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and electrodynamics, introducing all necessary mathematical theorems as well as their proofs. A collection of appendices provide the reader with an appropriate review of many fundamental mathematical concepts, as well as important analytical and numerical parameters used in the simulations.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030851346
• ISBN13: 9783030851347
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 536 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.5"