Special issue devoted to the memory of academician A M Prokhorov
Phase locking of optically coupled lasers by gain gratings in an active medium
T. T. Basiev, A. V. Gavrilov, V. V. Osiko, S. N. Smetanin, A. V. Fedin 659–670
Turbulent structure of the active medium of a fast-flow CO2 laser
M. G. Galushkin, V. S. Golubev, Yu. N. Zavalov, A. A. Ionin, A. A. Kotkov, P. V. Korolenko, V. Ya. Panchenko, V. D. Dubrov, S. A. Buyarov, R. V. Grishaev 671–676
Efficient excitation conditions for an electric-discharge F2 laser
V. V. Atezhev, S. K. Vartapetov, A. N. Zhukov, M. A. Kurzanov, A. Z. Obidin, V. A. Yamshchikov 677–683
One- and two-photon spectra of Nd3+ clusters in CaF2 and SrF2 crystals
T. T. Basiev, V. V. Voronov, M. Yu. Glotova, A. G. Papashvili, A. Ya. Karasik 684–688
Excimer laser with highly coherent radiation
V. V. Atezhev, S. K. Vartapetov, A. N. Zhukov, M. A. Kurzanov, A. Z. Obidin 689–694
A narrow-band optical filter based on Fabry – Perot interferometer with one waveguide – grating mirror
B. A. Usievich, V. A. Sychugov, O. Parriaux, J. Kh. Nurligareev 695–698
Silicon-based optical integrated circuits for terabit communication networks
K. K. Svidzinsky 699–703
Study of local properties of fibre Bragg gratings by the method of optical space-domain reflectometry
I. G. Korolev, S. A. Vasil’ev, O. I. Medvedkov, E. M. Dianov 704–710
Effect of optical sensitisation on a surface plasmon resonance
S. V. Vinogradov, M. A. Kononov, V. V. Savranskii, S. I. Valyanskii, M. F. Urbaitis 711–713
Production of nanoparticles by laser-induced ablation of metals in liquids
F. Bozon-Verduraz, R. Brayner, V. V. Voronov, N. A. Kirichenko, A. V. Simakin, G. A. Shafeev 714–720
A car-borne highly sensitive near-IR diode-laser methane detector
A. G. Berezin, O. V. Ershov, Yu. P. Shapovalov 721–727
Letters
Fibre-Bragg-grating writing in single-mode optical fibres by UV femtosecond pulses
K. A. Zagorul’ko, P. G. Kryukov, E. M. Dianov, A. Dragomir, D. N. Nikogosyan 728–730
Lasers
Effect of a selective saturable absorber on the dynamics of a two-mode laser
N. D. Milovskii, P. A. Khandokhin, Ya. I. Khanin 731–736
Nonlinear optical phenomena
Generation of femtosecond-radiation harmonics under group-velocity matching in uniaxial and biaxial crystals
S. S. Grechin, V. I. Pryalkin 737–741
Acoustooptics
Study of acoustooptic effect in the region of interference of laser beams
V. A. Grechikhin, I. L. Raskovskaya, B. S. Rinkevichius, A. V. Tolkachev 742–746
Interaction of laser radiation with matter
Estimates of phase-transition heats in steels and ceramics heated by laser radiation
O. G. Tsar’kova, S. V. Garnov 747–750
Personalia
Vitalii Sergeevich Zuev
O. N. Krokhin, L. D. Mikheev, O. Yu. Nosach, E. P. Orlov 751
Gennadii Alekseevich Kirillov
O. N. Krokhin 752