Preface; Acknowledgement; Dedication; 1. Introduction; 2. Linear waves; 3. Resonance absorption and Brunel absorption; 4. Plasmonics: surface plasma wave and its coupling to laser; 5. Motion in large amplitude EM wave: ponderomotive force and self-generated magnetic field; 6. Laser electron acceleration; 7. Laser acceleration of ions; 8. Coherent radiation generation; 9. Self -focusing and filamentation; 10. Parametric instabilities in homogeneous plasma; 11. Parametric instabilities in inhomogeneous plasma; 12. Nonlinear Schrodinger equation; 13. Vlasov and particle in cell simulations; 14. Quantum electrodynamic effects in plasma; Reference; Index.