Letters
X-ray microscopy in the carbon window region
I. A. Artyukov, A. V. Vinogradov, Yu. S. Kas’yanov, S. V. Savel’ev 691–692
Pulsed and cw lasing in a new Cr3+:Li:Mg2SiO4 laser crystal
A. V. Gaister, E. V. Zharikov, V. F. Lebedev, A. S. Podstavkin, S. Yu. Tenyakov, A. V. Shestakov, I. A. Shcherbakov 693–694
Raman fibre lasers emitting at a wavelength above 2 μm
E. M. Dianov, I. A. Bufetov, V. M. Mashinsky, V. B. Neustruev, O. I. Medvedkov, A. V. Shubin, M. A. Mel’kumov, A. N. Gur’yanov, V. F. Khopin, M. V. Yashkov 695–697
Review
Precision laser spectroscopy of hydrogen and helium atoms
E. V. Baklanov 698–714
Active media
Absorption, luminescent and lasing properties of laser dyes in silica gel matrices and thin gel films
A. A. Shaposhnikov, R. T. Kuznetsova, T. N. Kopylova, G. V. Maier, E. N. Tel’minov, T. A. Pavich, S. M. Arabei 715–721
Two-photon excitation of phenalemine 512 by nanosecond pulses of a Nd:YAG laser
V. A. Svetlichnyi, T. N. Kopylova, Yu. P. Meshalkin, E. N. Prikhod’ko 722–726
Lasers
Bistability and chaos in an autonomous Nd:YAG laser with a weakly anisotropic resonator
I. I. Zolotoverkh, E. G. Lariontsev 727–730
Effect of the cross-relaxation rate on the transverse radiation dynamics of a wide-aperture laser
A. P. Zaikin, N. E. Molevich 731–735
On radiative nuclear gamma transitions in a Bose—Einstein condensate
L. A. Rivlin 736–738
Nonlinear optical phenomena
Peculiarities of the evolution of a precursor pulse in the shaping of quasi-resonance self-induced transparency pulses
A. E. Dmitriev, O. M. Parshkov 739–743
Integrated optical waveguides and devices
Vector theory of laser radiation scattering in an integrated optical waveguide with three-dimensional irregularities in the presence of noise
A. A. Egorov 744–754
Integrated-optical analogue of Michelson echelon: Properties and applications
A. A. Goncharov, V. V. Svetikov, K. K. Svidzinsky, V. A. Sychugov, B. A. Usievich 755–760
Optical fibres
Calculation of the velocity and threshold of a thermal absorption wave of laser radiation in an optical fibre
A. N. Tkachev, S. I. Yakovlenko 761–764
Interaction of laser radiation with matter. Laser plasma
Plasma behind the front of a damage wave and the mechanism of laser-induced production of a chain of caverns in an optical fibre
S. I. Yakovlenko 765–770
Initial stage of the development of three-dimensional periodic structures in laser melting
S. I. Dolgaev, N. A. Kirichenko, A. V. Simakin, G. A. Shafeev 771–773
Optical recording and communication
Mismatch of the pump parameters of coupled chaotic lasers and the signal recovery errors in the data transmission scheme based on these lasers
V. I. Ledenev 774–778
Optical recording of transient spatial structures in saturable three-level centres
M. G. Kucherenko, A. P. Rusinov 779–784