Invited paper
On the threshold of Tera era
E. M. Dianov 659–663
Lasers
Optical gain in InAs/InGaAs quantum-dot structures: Experiments and theoretical model
P. G. Eliseev, H. Li, G. T. Liu, A. Shtints, T. C. Newell, L. E. Lester, K. J. Malloy 664–668
Condensation of the emission spectrum of a wide-band laser in the case of intracavity emission scattering by an aerosol
Yu. P. Podmar’kov, M. P. Frolov 669–672
A powerful, repetitively pulsed 1444-nm Nd:YAG laser
S. A. Batishche, A. A. Kuz’muk, N. A. Malevich, G. A. Tatur 673–674
Active media
Line competition in gas lasers
A. A. Pikulev 675–680
The possibility of lasing in Ne+Ar ionic molecules pumped by a hard ioniser
A. M. Boichenko, S. I. Yakovlenko 681–686
Dissociation of I2 and the vibrational kinetics in the oxygen-iodine medium
V. N. Azyazov, V. S. Safonov, N. I. Ufimtsev 687–693
Interaction of laser radiation with matter. Laser plasma
Spectra of multiply charged hollow ions in the plasma produced by a short-wavelength nanosecond laser
J. Abdallah, I. Yu. Skobelev, A. Ya. Faenov, A. I. Magunov, T. A. Pikuz, F. Flora, S. Bollanti, P. DiLazzaro, T. Letardi, E. Burattini, A. Grilli, A. Reale, L. Palladino, G. Tomassetti, A. Scafati, L. Reale 694–702
Modelling of processes responsible for nonlinear absorption of UV laser radiation in ionic crystals
S. V. Kurbasov, P. B. Sergeev 703–709
Formation of conic microstructures upon pulsed laser evaporation of solids
V. V. Voronov, S. I. Dolgaev, S. V. Lavrishchev, A. A. Lyalin, A. V. Simakin, G. A. Shafeev 710–714
The α-particle imaging of a compressed core of microtargets in a pinhole camera with a regular multi-pinhole diaphragm
N. A. Suslov 715–718
Formation of the characteristics of ion emission from a laser-produced plasma in the presence of a conducting diaphragm
Yu. A. Bykovskii, I. Yu. Konyukhov, V. D. Peklenkov, D. V. Ponomarenko 719–720
X-ray emission spectra of the plasma produced by an ultrashort laser pulse in cluster targets
C. Stenz, V. Bagnoud, F. Blasco, J. R. Roche, F. Salin, A. Ya. Faenov, A. I. Magunov, T. A. Pikuz, I. Yu. Skobelev 721–725
Laser applications and other topics in quantum electronics
Influence of structural defects on the optical properties of Mg:LiNbO3 single crystals
G. Kh. Kitaeva, K. A. Kuznetsov, I. I. Naumova, A. N. Penin 726–732
Homogeneity and stability of volume electrical discharges in gas mixtures based on SF6
Yu. I. Bychkov, S. L. Gorchakov, A. G. Yastremskii 733–737
Efficiency of selective IR multiphoton dissociation of molecules in a pulsed gas-dynamic flow interacting with a solid surface
G. N. Makarov, A. N. Petin 738–740
Two-dimensional microtarget imaging with continuous time-base sweep
A. V. Bessarab, A. V. Sosipatrov, N. A. Suslov 741–744
Hysteresis upon light-induced hydrodynamic reorientation of the director of a nematic liquid crystal
R. S. Akopyan, R. B. Alaverdyan, A. S. Vardanyan, Yu. S. Chilingaryan 745–746
Operating range of a differential-absorption lidar based on a CO2 laser
M. V. Ivashchenko, I. V. Sherstov 747–752