This volume covers a range of topics from this interdisciplinary field, focusing on coherent responses of gaseous and condensed matter to ultrashort intense laser pulses, propagation of intense laser pulses, and laser-plasma interaction and its applications.

Vibrational and Electronic Excitation of Molecules by Short-Pulse Strong Laser Fields.- Coherent Lattice Oscillations in Solids and Their Optical Control.- Coherent Lattice Oscillations in Solids and Their Optical Control.- Heterodyne Interferometry Using High-Order Harmonic Generation in Mixed Gases.- Propagation of Ultrashort Pulses in Condensed Media.- On Lightning Control Using Lasers.- Advances in X-Ray Studies of Ultraintense Laser-Plasma Interactions.- High Field Photonics in Laser Plasmas: Propagation Studies, Electron Acceleration, and Nuclear Activation With Ultrashort Intense Laser Pulses.- Laser Plasma Acceleration and Related Electromagnetic Sources.- Laser-Driven Ion Generation with Short, Intense, and High Contrast Pulses.