Lasers
A 223-nm KrCl excimer laser on a He–Kr–HCl mixture
A. M. Razhev, A. A. Zhupikov, E. S. Kargapol’tsev 95–98
Model of a pulsed liquid solar-pumped spaceborne laser
A. A. Seregin, E. A. Seregina 99–102
Influence of oxygen on the energy characteristics of a chemical pulsed hydrogen fluoride laser
V. I. Igoshin, A. I. Klyukach, S. Yu. Pichugin 103–105
Raman-converter-diode-pumped continuous-wave femtosecond Er-doped fibre laser
A. V. Tausenev, P. G. Kryukov 106–110
Active media
Once again on the role of UV illumination in non-chain electric-discharge HF(DF) lasers
A. A. Belevtsev, S. Yu. Kazantsev, A. V. Saifulin, K. N. Firsov 111–114
Relation between spectral and lasing properties for dyes of different classes
M. F. Koldunov, Ya. V. Kravchenko, A. A. Manenkov, I. L. Pokotilo 115–119
Interaction of laser radiation with matter. Laser plasma
Deformation of the signal envelope due to a strong dispersion of the refractive index in the gain region
N. S. Bukhman 120–124
Collective migration of adsorbed atoms on a solid surface in the laser radiation field
V. V. Andreev, D. V. Ignat’ev, G. G. Telegin 125–128
Laser acceleration of electrons in vacuum up to energies of ~109 eV
A. Bahari, V. D. Taranukhin 129–134
High-temperature plasma produced on a free liquid surface by femtosecond laser pulses
R. V. Volkov, V. M. Gordienko, P. M. Mikheev, A. B. Savel’ev, D. S. Uryupina 135–138
Nonlinear optical phenomena
Limitation of optical radiation power by organic molecules: II. Porphyrins and phthalocyanines
R. T. Kuznetsova, T. N. Kopylova, G. V. Maier, L. G. Samsonova, V. A. Svetlichnyi, A. V. Vasil’ev, D. N. Filinov, E. N. Tel’minov, N. S. Kabotaeva, N. V. Svarovskaya, V. M. Podgaetsky, A. V. Reznichenko 139–146
Nonlinear absorption in optical materials at a wavelength of 193 nm
M. Yu. Artem’ev, V. M. Nesterov, A. P. Sergeev, P. B. Sergeev 147–150
On self-focusing and defocusing of few-cycle pulses in hydrogen-containing ferroelectrics
S. V. Nesterov, S. V. Sazonov 151–155
Study of nonlinear-optical characteristics of photorefractive BSO and BGO crystals
R. A. Ganeev, A. I. Ryasnyansky, R. I. Tugushev, M. K. Kodirov, F. R. Akhmedzhanov, T. B. Usmanov 156–160
Solitons
Bright and dark pulses in optical fibres in the vicinity of the zero-dispersion wavelength
I. A. Molotkov, M. A. Bisyarin 161–164
Laser beams
Use of the fractional Fourier transform in π/2 converters of laser modes
A. A. Malyutin 165–171
Tunable astigmatic π/2 mode converter
A. A. Malyutin 172–174
Optical fibres
Photosensitivity of optical fibres doped with different impurities
Yu. V. Larionov, A. A. Rybaltovsky, S. L. Semenov, S. K. Vartapetov, M. A. Kurzanov, A. Z. Obidin 175–179
Laser applications and other topics in quantum electronics
On coherent radiative processes in crystallised ion beams
L. A. Rivlin 180–184
Intracavity laser spectroscopy using a Cr2+ : ZnSe laser
V. A. Akimov, V. I. Kozlovsky, Yu. V. Korostelin, A. I. Landman, Yu. P. Podmar’kov, M. P. Frolov 185–188