edited by S H Lin (National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan & Arizona State University, USA) , A A Villaeys (Institute de Physique et Chimie des Matèriaux de Strasbourg, France) , & Y Fujimura (Tohoku University, Japan)

In view of the rapid growth in both experimental and theoretical studies of multi-photon processes and multi-photon spectroscopy of atoms, ions, and molecules in chemistry, physics, biology and materials science, it is timely to publish an advanced series that contains review papers readable not only by active researchers in these areas, but also by those who are non-experts but who wish to enter the field. This present volume attempts to serve this purpose. Each chapter is written in a self-contained manner by experts in their own area of expertise so that general readers can grasp the knowledge in that area without too much preparation.

• Dynamics of Vibrationally Excited Molecules and Clusters by IR-UV and UV-IR Spectroscopy
• Dynamics of Liquid Droplet Excited by Mid-Infrared Multi-Photon Absorption
• Electron Spectroscopy of Molecules in Intense Laser Fields
• Selective Bond Breaking in Dissociative Ionization of Ethanol by Tailored Intense Fields
• Evolution of Transient Structures in Solid and Liquids by Time-Resolved X-Ray Diffraction and X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure
• Breakthroughs and Achievements in Photonic Crystals
• Quantum Computing and Entanglement Generation by Intramolecular Degrees of Freedom