Comment on Lasetron
Author(s) -
Gennady Stupakov
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/812633
Subject(s) - laser , range (aeronautics) , point (geometry) , radiation , approx , physics , optics , electron , computational physics , materials science , computer science , mathematics , quantum mechanics , geometry , composite material , operating system
In a recent paper [1] Kaplan and Shkolnikov propose to generate intense ultrashort pulses of electromagnetic radiation in the range {approx} 10{sup -21}s (zeptosecond) and large magnetic fields by using a petawatt electron laser irradiating a small solid particle or a piece of wire of a submicron size. In this comment we would like to point out that the method proposed in Ref. [1] will not achieve the desired results.
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