Proceedings of a NATO Advanced Study Institute held in Cargse, Corsica, France, August 1992, to bring together scientists and students working in the field of laser matter interactions in order to review and stimulate development of fundamental science with ultra- short pulse lasers. Among the topics in 19 papers: recent aspects of multiphoton ionization of atoms; harmonic generation at high intensities; semiclassical calculation of atomic processes; laser manipulation of neural atoms; absorption spectroscopy of compressed matter; and theory of plasma wave absorption. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or. | Laser Interactions with Atoms Solids and Plasmas by Richard M. More, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters