Lasers, active media
Development of a self-initiated volume discharge in nonchain HF lasers
V. V. Apollonov, A. A. Belevtsev, S. Yu. Kazantsev, A. V. Saifulin, K. N. Firsov 95–100
Effect of the solution temperature in a singlet-oxygen generator on the formation of active medium in an ejector oxygen — iodine laser
M. V. Zagidullin, V. D. Nikolaev, N. Yu. Palina, M. I. Svistun, N. A. Khvatov 101–106
Numerical simulation of a CO laser pumped by a medium-pressure combined discharge
V. V. Osipov, V. V. Lisenkov, V. V. Platonov 107–111
Double-pass superluminescent diode with tapered active channel
E. V. Andreeva, M. V. Shramenko, S. D. Yakubovich 112–114
Control of laser radiation parameters
Electric-discharge guiding by a continuous spark by focusing CO2-laser radiation with a conic mirror
V. V. Apollonov, L. M. Vasilyak, S. Yu. Kazantsev, I. G. Kononov, D. N. Polyakov, A. V. Saifulin, K. N. Firsov 115–120
Active mode locking of picosecond Ti3+:Al2O3 and Cr4+:Mg2SiO4 lasers pumped by 0.5 – 5-μs laser pulses
V. P. Pashinin, S. V. Garnov, V. I. Konov, A. K. Senatorov, M. N. Sinyavskii 121–123
Optical fibres
Peculiarities of the photosensitivity of low-loss phosphosilica fibres
Yu. V. Larionov, A. A. Rybaltovsky, S. L. Semenov, M. M. Bubnov, E. M. Dianov 124–128
Optical harmonic generation in hollow-core photonic-crystal fibres: analysis of optical losses and phase-matching conditions
A. N. Naumov, A. M. Zheltikov 129–134
Nonlinear optical phenomena
Three-frequency thermal light scattering in electrolyte solutions
N. F. Bunkin, V. N. Strel’tsov 135–139
Anomalous large nonlinearity of thin SnCl2 phthalocyanine films observed upon pulsed laser excitation
A. A. Borsch, M. S. Brodin, A. B. Verbitskii, Ya. I. Vertsimakha, V. I. Volkov, V. R. Lyakhovetskii 140–142
Laser applications and other topics in quantum electronics
Photoreversible optical data recording in films of amorphous azo dye-containing polymers
A. N. Simonov, D. V. Uraev, V. P. Shibaev, S. G. Kostromin 143–148
Debris-free pulsed xenon-jet soft X-ray radiation source driven by Nd-laser radiation
V. G. Kapralov, R. Korde, V. E. Levashov, A. S. Pirozhkov, E. N. Ragozin 149–154
Coaxial HgI excimer lamps
A. N. Malinin, A. V. Polyak, N. N. Guivan, N. g. Zubrilin, L. L. Shimon 155–159
Frequency characteristic of a uniformly rotating laser gyroscope with differently amplified counterpropagating waves
E. A. Bondarenko 160–164
Removal of a liquid paraffin film from a water surface by short pulses from a CO2 laser
L. I. Antonova, S. V. Drobyazko, I. A. Evdokimov, A. G. Krasyukov, V. V. Likhanskii, A. I. Loboiko, Yu. M. Senatorov 165–168
Remote processing of metals by radiation from two lasers
A. F. Glova, S. V. Drobyazko, O. I. Vavilin, E. M. Shwom 169–171
Discussion
Critical prepulse densities of electrons and metastable states in copper vapour lasers
A. M. Boichenko, S. I. Yakovlenko 172–178
Effect of the prepulse electron density and population of the lower laser level on the pulse repetition rate achievable in a copper vapour laser
G. G. Petrash 179–182
Once again on the efficiency of a nitrogen laser
V. V. Apollonov, V. A. Yamshchikov 183–184
Answer to the note “Once again on the efficiency of a nitrogen laser”
V. F. Tarasenko 185–186