Special issue devoted to the 80th anniversary of academician N. G. Basov’s birth
Reminiscing about the early years of the X-ray laser
J. Nilsen 1–2
A capillary discharge plasma source of intense VUV radiation
I. I. Sobel’man, A. P. Shevel’ko, O. F. Yakushev, L. V. Knight, R. S. Turley 3–6
Repetitively pulsed X-ray laser operating on the 3p – 3s transition of the Ne-like argon in a capillary discharge
A. V. Vinogradov, J. J. Rocca 7–17
An optically polarised dense 3He target as a spin filter for slow-neutron beams
N. N. Kolachevsky, Yu. V. Prokof’ichev, V. R. Skoi, I. I. Sobel’man, V. N. Sorokin 18–24
Problems in the development of autonomous mobile laser systems based on a cw chemical DF laser
B. P. Aleksandrov, A. S. Bashkin, V. N. Beznozdrev, M. V. Parfen’ev, N. A. Pirogov, S. N. Semenov 25–30
The efficiency of propagation of radiation from different lasers through the turbulent Earth’s atmosphere
A. S. Bashkin, V. N. Beznozdrev, N. A. Pirogov 31–36
Liquid xenon excimer laser
A. G. Molchanov 37–44
Lunar laser ranging: 40 years of research
Yu. L. Kokurin 45–47
Threshold and efficiency of a laser cathode-ray tube at room temperature
V. I. Kozlovsky, Yu. M. Popov 48–56
Review
Fractal structures in a laser plume
N. E. Kask, S. V. Michurin, G. M. Fedorov 57–68
Nonlinear optical phenomena
Nonlinear-optical transformation of a high-power femtosecond laser pulse in air
V. P. Kandidov, O. G. Kosareva, A. A. Koltun 69–75
Four-wave interactions in an active XeCl plasma
Yu. K. Verevkin, È. Ya. Daume, V. N. Petryakov 76–80
Interaction of laser radiation with matter
Excitation of convective motions in isotropic and anisotropic liquids by light
R. S. Akopyan, R. B. Alaverdyan, L. Kh. Muradyan, G. E. Seferyan, Yu. S. Chilingaryan 81–89
Fibre optics
Sulphur-doped silica fibres
V. I. Gerasimova, A. O. Rybaltovskii, P. V. Chernov, V. M. Mashinsky, O. D. Sazhin, O. I. Medvedkov, A. A. Rybaltovsky, R. R. Khrapko 90–94