The paper cited in the title is criticised. It is claimed that the authors of this paper are not acquainted with some of the fundamental work of R V Khokhlov and his successors in the field of nonlinear optics and harmonic generation. Comment on N B Baranova et al 1995 Quantum Electron. 25 638 .
FOREWORD by N. Bloembergen NONLINEAR OPTICS Channeling of atoms in a standing laser light wave by V.I. Balykin et al. Optical nonlinearities and the Kerr effect in phaseonium by U. Rathe et al. Spectroscopic studies in the far ultraviolet (80-200nm) using nonlinear tunable sources by B.P. Stoicheff CARS in plasma physics by M. Lefebvre et al. Velocity distribution of electrons for tunnel ionization by a light field with polar asymmetry by N.B. Baranova and B. Ya Zel'dovich NONLINEAR OPTICS IN CONDENSED MEDIA Hot carriers in semiconductors studied via picosecond optical nonlinearities in the infrared by T. Elsasser and W. Kaiser Non-local time-resolved spectroscopy-tracking of polariton pulses in crystals by Ch Flytzanis et al. Self trapping of optical beams in photorefractive media by M. Segev et al. Solitons in quantum nonlinear optics by R.Y. Chiao et al. Femtosecond dynamics of third-order nonlinearities in polythiophenes by A Cybo-Ottone et al. NEW DEVICES AND TECHNOLOGY Nonlinear generation of sub-psec pulses of THz electromagnetic radiation by optoelectronics-applications to time-domain spectroscopy by D. Grischkowsky Novel nonlinear optical techniques for studying chiral molecules of biological importance by N.I. Koroteev Coupled nonlinear cavities: new avenues to ultrashort pulses by F. Mitschke et al. Transverse rotating waves in nonlinear optical systems with spatial and temporal delay by N.G. Iroshnikov and M.A. Vorontsov The effect of intraspectral harmonics correlation of broad-band fields on the excitation of quantum resonance systems by A.M. Bonch-Bruevich and S.B. Przhibelskii Injection-locked femtosecond parametric oscillators in LBO crystals by V.M. Gordienko et al. INDEX