Letters to the editor
Anomalously temperature-independent birefringence in biaxial optical crystals
S. G. Grechin, V. G. Dmitriev, V. A. Dyakov, V. I. Pryalkin 1–3
Lasers
Electric-discharge gas laser based on a multisectional discharge gap
B. V. Lazhintsev, V. A. Nor-Arevyan 3–6
Highly efficient chemical HF laser with inductive stabilisation of the discharge
B. V. Lazhintsev, V. A. Nor-Arevyan, V. D. Selemir 7–9
Diode-pumped ytterbium — erbium glass microlasers with optical Q-switching based on frustrated total internal reflection
S. V. Gagarskii, B. I. Galagan, B. I. Denker, A. A. Korchagin, V. V. Osiko, K. V. Prikhod’ko, S. E. Sverchkov 10–12
Short-wavelength (λ = 914 nm) microlaser operating on an Nd3+:YVO4 crystal
V. A. Sychugov, V. A. Mikhaĭlov, V. A. Kondratyuk, N. M. Lyndin, J. Frahm, A. I. Zagumennyi, Yu. D. Zavartsev, P. A. Studenikin 13–14
Active media
Dissociation of carbon dioxide in sealed-off CO2 waveguide lasers with radio-frequency excitation
I. G. Vesnov, S. I. Mol’kov, V. A. Stepanov, E. F. Shishkanov 15–19
Excitation energy transfer between Pr3+ and Nd3+ rare-earth ions in silicate glass
G. F. Chanturiya, Yu. M. Blagidze, Sh. Sh. Gvatua, G. A. Nakashidze, R. A. Tatarashvili, Kh. I. Gaprindashvili 20–22
Control of laser radiation parameters
Emission spectrum of a solid-state laser with an nonuniform pump distribution along a Fabry — Perot cavity
E. A. Ovchinnikov, P. A. Khandokhin, E. Yu. Shirokov 23–29
Influence of the cavity losses on the energy and spectral characteristics of a pulsed chemical chain-reaction HF (DF) laser
M. A. Azarov, B. S. Aleksandrov, V. A. Drozdov, G. A. Troshchinenko 30–36
Passive laser Q switches made of glass doped with oxidised nanoparticles of copper selenide
K. V. Yumashev 37–39
Interaction of laser radiation with matter. Laser plasma
Laser-induced reduction of a dye characterised by a high triplet-state yield and dissolved in a polymer
A. G. Sizykh, E. A. Tarakanova, L. L. Tatarinova 40–44
Repetitively pulsed gas-jet laser cutting of metals in an oxygen-containing gas
N. K. Makashev, E. S. Asmolov, O. G. Buzykin 45–47
Influence of corundum structure on the characteristics of multiply charged ions in a laser-produced plasma
M. R. Bedilov, Kh. B. Beisembaeva, M. S. Sabitov 48–50
Investigation of the energy balance components for a plane target irradiated with a picosecond laser pulse
V. G. Borodin, V. V. Il’in, V. M. Komarov, V. A. Malinov, V. M. Migel’, N. V. Nikitin, A. V. Charukhchev, V. N. Chernov 51–54
Nonlinear optical phenomena
Stimulated Raman scattering in alkaline-earth tungstate crystals
P. G. Zverev, T. T. Basiev, A. A. Sobol, V. V. Skornyakov, L. I. Ivleva, N. M. Polozkov, V. V. Osiko 55–59
Influence of the Bragg angle on the optimal energy exchange in the course of two-wave mixing in a Bi12SiO20 piezoelectric crystal
V. V. Shepelevich, A. A. Firsov 60–64
Azimuthally matched interactions and azimuthal correlation of Bessel light beams
N. A. Khilo 65–68
Laser applications and other topics in quantum electronics
Leaky-mode waveguide in layered dielectric gratings
K. E. Zinov’ev, V. A. Sychugov, B. A. Usievich 69–72
Polarimetric detection of the photon excitation of surface plasmons
A. K. Nikitin 73–77
Spatial resolution and scanning time in the optical tomography of absorbing ‘phantoms’ under multiple scattering conditions
E. V. Malikov, V. M. Petnikova, D. A. Chursin, V. V. Shuvalov, I. V. Shutov 78–80
Broad-band laser optical pumping of Rb for the creation of nuclear polarisation in 3He
N. N. Kolachevsky, A. A. Papchenko, Yu. V. Prokof’ichev, V. R. Skoi, I. I. Sobel’man, V. N. Sorokin 81–86
Role of noise in the diode-laser spectroscopy of the spectral line profile
A. I. Nadezhdinskii, V. V. Plotnichenko, Ya. Ya. Ponurovskii, M. V. Spiridonov 87–93