Letters
Self-mode locking in a F2-:LiF laser by means of a passive switch based on single-wall carbon nanotubes
N. N. Il’ichev, E. D. Obraztsova, P. P. Pashinin, V. I. Konov, S. V. Garnov 785–786
On reasons for strong absorption of light in an optical fibre at high temperature
S. I. Yakovlenko 787–789
Lasers
Nitrogen laser with a pulse repetition rate of 11 kHz and a beam divergence of 0.5 mrad
V. V. Atezhev, S. K. Vartapetov, A. K. Zhigalkin, K. E. Lapshin, A. Z. Obidin 790–794
Characteristics of a cw chemical HF laser operating by using a new oxidising-gas production technique
V. K. Rebone, I. A. Fedorov, Yu. P. Maksimov, M. A. Rotinyan, N. E. Tret’yakov, A. L. Etsina 795–800
A 2-kJ wide-aperture XeCl laser
S. P. Bugaev, È. N. Abdullin, V. B. Zorin, B. M. Koval’chuk, S. V. Loginov, G. A. Mesyats, V. S. Skakun, V. F. Tarasenko, V. S. Tolkachev, P. M. Shchanin 801–804
Single-mode ridge lasers fabricated in an inductively coupled plasma source
E. I. Davydova, A. V. Zubanov, A. A. Marmalyuk, M. B. Uspenskiy, V. A. Shishkin 805–808
Longitudinally diode-pumped ytterbium-erbium glass minilaser
L. O. Byshevskaya-Konopko, I. L. Vorob’ev, A. A. Izyneev, P. I. Sadovskii 809–811
Nonlinear optical phenomena
Effect of nonlinear crystal thickness on the parameters of the autocorrelator of femtosecond light pulses
A. V. Masalov, A. V. Chudnovsky 812–818
Control of laser radiation parameter
Tunable CO2 laser emitting sequential and hot transitions
Yu. N. Bulkin, E. A. Kudryashov, S. A. Novikov, M. Yu. Deryugin, A. A. Kuznetsov 819–822
Temporal evolution of a coherent stimulated radiation pulse in the three-level system in a Pr3+ : LaF3 crystal
A. I. Agafonov, G. G. Grigoryan, N. V. Znamenskiy, E. A. Manykin, Yu. V. Orlov, E. A. Petrenko, A. Yu. Shashkov 823–824
Phase and amplitude – phase control of a laser beam propagating in the atmosphere
V. P. Lukin, F. Yu. Kanev, V. A. Sennikov, N. A. Makenova, V. A. Tartakovskii, P. A. Konyaev 825–832
On the stability of lateral self-mode locking in an injection laser
A. S. Logginov, K. I. Plisov 833–838
Dependence of polarisation of radiation of a linear Nd:YAG laser on the pump radiation polarisation
N. V. Kravtsov, E. G. Lariontsev, N. I. Naumkin 839–842
Fibre optics
Lasing parameters of ytterbium-doped fibres doped with P2O5 and Al2O3
M. A. Mel’kumov, I. A. Bufetov, K. S. Kravtsov, A. V. Shubin, E. M. Dianov 843–848
Continuously tunable fibre attenuator operating in the wavelength range near 1.5 μm
O. I. Baum, N. V. Varlamova, B. I. Zapadinskii, G. V. Mishakov, V. I. Sokolov 849–851
Fibreoptic communication lines
Dynamics of wave packets in fibres with amplification and inhomogeneous distribution of dispersion parameters
I. O. Zolotovskii, D. I. Sementsov 852–856
New data format for fibreoptic dense wavelength-division-multiplexing communication links
M. V. Lysakova, M. P. Fedoruk, S. K. Turitsyn, E. G. Shapiro 857–859
Laser applications and other topics in quantum electronics
Laser purification of ultradispersed diamond in aqueous solution
S. I. Dolgaev, N. A. Kirichenko, L. A. Kulevskii, E. N. Lubnin, A. V. Simakin, G. A. Shafeev 860–864
Pulsed electron-beam-sustained discharge in oxygen-containing gas mixtures: electrical characteristics, spectroscopy,and singlet oxygen yield
N. P. Vagin, A. A. Ionin, Yu. M. Klimachev, A. A. Kotkov, I. V. Kochetov, A. P. Napartovich, Yu. P. Podmar’kov, L. V. Seleznev, D. V. Sinitsyn, M. P. Frolov, G. D. Hager, N. N. Yuryshev 865–870
Below-bandgap photoreflection spectroscopy of semiconductor laser structures
A. E. Sotnikov, M. A. Chernikov, O. A. Ryabushkin, P. A. Trubenko, N. Moshegov, A. Ovchinnikov 871–874
Photoreflection from a locally optically pumped semiconductor laser structure
M. A. Chernikov, A. E. Sotnikov, O. A. Ryabushkin, P. A. Trubenko, I. Berishchev, A. Ovchinnikov 875–877