Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 074801 (2002) [4 pages]Lasetron: A Proposed Source of Powerful Nuclear-Time-Scale Electromagnetic Bursts
See accompanying Physics Focus Electromagnetic bursts of substantial energy on a nuclear time scale of 10-21–10-22s [zeptosecond (zs) to sub-zs] can theoretically be generated by a perawatt or multiterawatt laser beam focused on a subwavelength-size solid particle or thin wire. Terawatt laser in a similar setup could be instrumental in reaching the subattosecond domain. The system may also generate a half-cycle pulse magnetic field on astrophysical scale up to ∼106T. © 2002 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.074801
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.074801
PACS:
41.60.-m, 41.75.Jv, 42.62.-b, 42.65.Re
See AlsoComment: G. Stupakov and M. Zolotorev, Comment on “Lasetron: A Proposed Source of Powerful Nuclear-Time-Scale Electromagnetic Bursts”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 199501 (2002). Comment: W. R. Garrett, Comment on “Lasetron: A Proposed Source of Powerful Nuclear-Time-Scale Electromagnetic Bursts”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 279501 (2002). Reply: A. E. Kaplan and P. L. Shkolnikov, Kaplan and Shkolnikov Reply:, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 199502 (2002). Reply: A. E. Kaplan and P. L. Shkolnikov, Kaplan and Shkolnikov Reply:, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 279502 (2002). |
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