ATOMIC INTERACTIONS IN OPTICAL RADIATION-FIELDS

A brief review of the efforts of the authors at investigating the effe ct of high-intensity radiation on interacting atomic systems is presen ted. It is concluded that high-power optical radiation drastically alt ers the dynamics of atomic collisions and the character of nonlinear o ptical effects in systems of colliding atoms. The results of recent wo rk devoted to an investigation of the interaction of atoms with the su rface of solids are described. The results of experimental investigati ons of the newly discovered phenomenon of the photoremoval of atoms fr om the surface of a metal are described.