Invited paper
Deactivation of the 6s and 6s’ states of a xenon atom in collisions with helium, argon, and xenon atoms
L. V. Semenova, N. N. Ustinovskii, I. V. Kholin 189–198
Lasers
A 650-J XeCl laser
È. N. Abdullin, D. M. Grishin, V. P. Gubanov, V. B. Zorin, A. A. Kim, B. M. Koval’chuk, E. V. Kumpyak, J. Liu, A. V. Morozov, V. S. Skakun, A. S. Stepchenko, V. F. Tarasenko, V. S. Tolkachev, N. V. Tsoi, P. M. Shchanin 199–202
A pulsed hydrogen fluoride amplifier initiated by vibrational excitation of HF molecules by laser radiation
V. I. Igoshin, S. Yu. Pichugin 203–205
Double-pass superluminescent multilayer quantum-well (GaAl)As heterostructure diodes with a reduced power consumption
D. S. Mamedov, A. A. Marmalyuk, D. B. Nikitin, S. D. Yakubovich, V. V. Prokhorov 206–208
High-power superluminescent diodes with non-injection output sections
P. A. Lobintsov, D. S. Mamedov, V. V. Prokhorov, A. T. Semenov, S. D. Yakubovich 209–212
Two-frequency fibre Raman laser
V. M. Paramonov, A. S. Kurkov, O. I. Medvedkov, D. A. Grukh, E. M. Dianov 213–215
Nonlinear optical phenomena
Nonlinear response of a molecular gas caused by orientation effects in the field of an intense femtosecond laser pulse
E. A. Volkova, A. M. Popov, O. V. Tikhonova 216–222
On the influence of a strong pump-field ellipticity on the third harmonic generation
K. Yu. Vagin, K. N. Ovchinnikov, V. P. Silin 223–226
Stochastic quasi-phase matching in nonlinear-optical crystals with an irregular domain structure
E. Yu. Morozov, A. S. Chirkin 227–232
Q-switched quasi-phase-matched self-frequency doubling and summing in a laser based on a periodically poled Nd : Mg : LiNbO3 crystal
G. D. Laptev, A. A. Novikov, V. V. Firsov 233–235
Effect of quantum fluctuations of medium polarisation on stimulated Raman scattering in a photonic crystal
R. G. Zaporozhchenko 236–240
Optical fibres
Optical losses in single-mode and multimode fibres heavily doped with GeO2 and P2O5
M. E. Likhachev, M. M. Bubnov, S. L. Semenov, V. F. Khopin, M. Yu. Salganskii, A. N. Gur’yanov, E. M. Dianov 241–246
Broadband radiation source based on an ytterbium-doped fibre with fibre-length-distributed pumping
D. A. Grukh, V. A. Bogatyrev, A. A. Sysolyatin, V. M. Paramonov, A. S. Kurkov, E. M. Dianov 247–248
Quantum calculations
Quantum computer based on activated dielectric nanoparticles selectively interacting with short optical pulses
O. N. Gadomsky, Yu. Ya. Kharitonov 249–254
Laser beams
On a method for obtaining laser beams with a phase singularity
A. A. Malyutin 255–260
Interaction of laser radiation with matter. Laser plasma
Collision frequency shift of a short electromagnetic pulse
M. V. Chegotov 261–266
Excitation of convective motions and surface hydrodynamic soliton-type waves in liquid crystals by a Gaussian laser beam
R. S. Akopyan, R. B. Alaverdyan, A. G. Arakelyan, S. Ts. Nersisyan, Yu. S. Chilingaryan 267–271
Laser applications and other topics in quantum electronics
Controllable objective with deformable mirrors
V. V. Agafonov, A. G. Safronov 272–276
Competition of modes in an optically heterodyned acoustooptic generator
V. I. Balakshii, I. M. Sinev 277–282
Use of the Talbot effect for measuring the phase-to-amplitude ratio for a gain grating induced in a flashlamp-pumped Nd : YAG crystal
N. N. Il’ichev, V. V. Tumorin 283–288
Pulse generator for pumping electric-discharge excimer lasers
I. N. Konovalov, Yu. N. Panchenko, M. Yu. Sukhov 289–293
Use of reflection dynamic gratings for studying films and absorbing media
E. V. Ivakin, M. Ganjali, A. V. Sukhodolov, V. V. Filippov 294–295