Letters
150-W, 808-nm quasi-cw diode arrays based on AlGaAs/GaAs heterostructures with improved thermal characteristics
A. Yu. Abazadze, V. V. Bezotosnyi, T. G. Gur’eva, E. I. Davydova, I. D. Zalevskii, G. M. Zverev, A. V. Lobintsov, A. A. Marmalyuk, S. M. Sapozhnikov, V. A. Simakov, M. B. Uspenskiy, V. A. Shishkin 659–660
Review
Basic trends in the development of diode-pumped solid-state lasers
N. V. Kravtsov 661–677
Active media
Amplification and gas-dynamic parameters of the active oxygen–iodine medium produced by an ejector nozzle unit
M. V. Zagidullin, V. D. Nikolaev, M. I. Svistun, N. A. Khvatov, B. T. Anderson, R. F. Tate, G. D. Hager 678–682
Theoretical investigation of a Ni-like xenon X-ray laser in the 13–14 nm range
E. P. Ivanova, N. A. Zinov’ev, L. V. Knight 683–688
Lasers and amplifiers
Prospects for the development of femtosecond laser systems based on beryllium aluminate crystals doped with chromium and titanium ions
E. V. Pestryakov, A. I. Alimpiev, V. N. Matrosov 689–696
Numerical simulation of electroionisation and electric-discharge gas flow CO lasers
Sh. F. Araslanov, R. K. Safiullin 697–703
Peculiarities of pumping of copper vapour and copper bromide vapour lasers
G. S. Evtushenko, I. D. Kostyrya, V. B. Sukhanov, V. F. Tarasenko, D. V. Shiyanov 704–708
Efficient multistage SBS amplifier
I. M. Bel’dyugin, V. V. Davydov, V. K. Demkin, V. F. Efimkov, I. G. Zubarev, S. I. Mikhailov, V. B. Sobolev 709–712
Nonlinear optical phenomena
Formation and stability of optical surface waves at the interface between a metal and a photorefractive crystal with drift and diffusion components of the nonlinear response
V. A. Aleshkevich, V. A. Vyslouh, A. A. Egorov, Ya. V. Kartashov 713–718
Amplitude characteristics of excitation of stimulated photon echo by noise and coherent pulses
S. A. Baruzdin 719–722
Effects of the initial chirp and fibre loss on the soliton mechanism of picosecond pulse compression in optical fibres
Ya. Xingyu, Ya. Guangqiang 723–726
Control of laser radiation parameters
Influence of spatial mode structure on the spectrum evolution in tunable lasers
Yu. N. Parkhomenko, O. V. Anisimova 727–732
Fiber optics
Single-mode fibre with an additional ring fibre for two-channel communication and special applications
M. I. Belovolov, M. M. Bubnov, E. M. Dianov, S. L. Semenov, A. N. Gur’yanov, V. F. Khopin, A. S. Belanov, V. I. Krivenkov, S. G. Sinev, I. A. Krashchenko, A. M. Belovolov 733–739
Laser applications and other topics in quantum electronics
Theory of differential and integral scattering of laser radiation by a dielectric surface taking a defect layer into account
V. V. Azarova, V. G. Dmitriev, Yu. N. Lokhov, K. N. Malitskii 740–744
Shore-based lidar for monitoring coastal sea water areas
S. A. Burikov, D. V. Klimov, P. N. Litvinov, D. V. Maslov, V. V. Fadeev 745–750
Obituary
In Memory of Nikolai Gennadievich Basov
A. M. Prokhorov, L. V. Keldysh, O. N. Krokhin, M. A. Vasiliev, N. S. Kardashev, Yu. V. Kopaev, A. N. Lebedev, I. I. Sobel’man, A. N. Starodub, N. A. Borisevich, M. D. Galanin, A. I. Isakov, V. S. Letokhov, S. I. Nikol’skii, V. P. Silin, V. Ya. Fainberg, L. P. Feoktistov, V. A. Isakov, R. V. Ambartsumyan, Yu. V. Afanas’ev, A. V. Vinogradov, A. Z. Grasyuk, M. A. Gubin, I. G. Zubarev, V. S. Zuev, A. D. Klementov, Yu. L. Kokurin, I. B. Kovsh, P. G. Kryukov, V. V. Nikitin, A. N. Oraevsky, A. L. Petrov, Yu. M. Popov, V. B. Rozanov, A. S. Semenov, G. V. Sklizkov 751