Invited paper
Small-scale recombination He – Sr+(Ca+)lasers
E. L. Latush, G. D. Chebotarev, M. F. Sèm 471–478
IV INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ATOM AND MOLECULAR PULSED LASERS (AMPL’99)
Spectral properties of optical anisotropy induced by laser radiation in dye solutions
L. G. Pikulik, V. A. Chernyavskii, A. F. Grib 479–482
Discharge characteristics in a nonchain HF(DF) laser
V. V. Apollonov, S. Yu. Kazantsev, A. V. Saifulin, K. N. Firsov 483–485
Efficiency of an H2 — SF6 laser with electron-beam initiation of chemical reactions
M. V. Erofeev, V. M. Orlovskii, V. S. Skakun, È. A. Sosnin, V. F. Tarasenko 486–488
Radiative and photochemical properties of organic compounds excited by high-power XeCl laser radiation
T. N. Kopylova, R. T. Kuznetsova, V. A. Svetlichnyi, A. K. Sergeev, E. N. Tel’minov, D. N. Filinov 489–494
Surface oxide removal by a XeCl laser for decontamination
M. L. Sentis, Ph. Delaporte, W. Marin, O. Uteza 495–500
Critical electron density in a self-contained copper vapour laser in the restricted pulse repetition rate
S. I. Yakovlenko 501–505
Efficient long-pulse XeCl laser with a prepulse formed by an inductive energy storage device
E. Kh. Baksht, A. N. Panchenko, V. F. Tarasenko 506–508
IV International Conference on Atomic and Molecular Pulsed Gas Lasers (AMPL’99)
G. S. Evtushenko, T. N. Kopylova, A. N. Soldatov, V. F. Tarasenko, S. I. Yakovlenko, A. M. Yancharina 509–513
Nonlinear optical phenomena
Nonlinearity of the photorefractive response upon two-beam interaction in a bismuth silicon oxide crystal in an alternating electric field
O. V. Kobozev, A. E. Mandel’, S. M. Shandarov, S. A. Petrov, Yu. F. Kargin 514–516
Spectral dependence of photorefractive effect in nitrogen-doped silica
O. V. Butov, K. M. Golant, A. L. Tomashuk 517–519
Optical Stark effect and Kerr nonlinearities of atomic media in nonlinear optical processes
I. A. Kulagin, T. B. Usmanov 520–522
Interaction of laser radiation with matter. Laser plasma
Hard x-ray radiation yield from a dense plasma as a function of the wavelength of the heating ultrashort laser pulse
A. Varanavicius, T. V. Vlasov, R. V. Volkov, S. A. Gavrilov, V. M. Gordienko, A. Dubetis, E. Zeromskis, A. Piskarskas, A. B. Savel’ev-Trofimov, G. Tamosauskas 523–528
Effect of irradiation angle on the efficiency of formation of multiply charged ions in a laser-produced plasma
M. R. Bedilov, Kh. B. Beisembaeva, T. G. Tsoi, T. B. Satybaldiev, M. S. Sabitov 529–531
Effect of polarised laser radiation on the oxidation of titanium films upon thermal annealing
A. M. Chaplanov, A. N. Shibko 532–534
Laser applications and other topics in quantum electronics
Two-frequency lidar based on an ammonium laser
V. Yu. Anan’ev, B. I. Vasil’ev, A. N. Lobanov, A. P. Lytkin, Cho Cheon Whang, Kim Juing Sung 535–539
Application of a high-power KrF laser for the study of supersonic gas flows and the development of hydrodynamic instabilities in layered media
V. D. Zvorykin, I. G. Lebo 540–544
Electron-impact excitation of holmium atoms
Yu. M. Smirnov 545–550
Self-sustained exothermic reaction of anti-Stokes gamma transitions in long-lived isomeric nuclei. I
L. A. Rivlin 551–554
Violation of the symmetry of waveguide laser modes caused by the lens effect
P. L. Rubin, F. J. Blok, W. J. Witteman 555–558
Ultimate intensities of light in silica fibres: stimulated Raman scattering as the main thermal source of optical destruction
A. S. Biriukov, E. M. Dianov 559–564