Letters
Subsurface generation of hard X-rays by a BaF2 target exposed to repetitively pulsed radiation from a femtosecond Cr:forsterite laser at power densities below 1015 W cm-2
V. M. Gordienko, I. A. Makarov, E. V. Rakov, A. B. Savel’ev 487–488
Superstrong laser fields
Relativistic effects of the interaction of an intense femtosecond laser pulse with atomic clusters
V. S. Rastunkov, V. P. Krainov 489–494
Lasers
Highly efficient cw chemical oxygen–iodine laser with transsonic iodine injection and a nitrogen buffer gas
A. S. Boreysho, A. B. Barkan, D. N. Vasil’ev, I. M. Evdokimov, A. V. Savin 495–503
Broadband highly bright radiation sources based on a superluminescent diode and a semiconductor optical amplifier
V. V. Prokhorov, D. S. Shvakov, S. D. Yakubovich 504–506
Highly efficient, compact diode-pumped acousto-optically Q-switched 1.064-μm Nd3+:YAG laser operating in cw and pulsed regimes
V. V. Bezotosnyi, N. F. Glushchenko, I. D. Zalevskii, Yu. M. Popov, V. P. Semenkov, E. A. Cheshev 507–510
Diode-pumped cw Tm3+:YAlO3 laser
N. I. Borodin, P. V. Kryukov, A. V. Popov, S. N. Ushakov, A. V. Shestakov 511–514
Quality of the optical beam of a high-power, single-mode, 0.81-μm ridge AlGaAs heterolaser
S. A. Plisyuk, I. V. Akimova, A. E. Drakin, A. V. Borodaenko, A. A. Stratonnikov, V. V. Popovichev, A. P. Bogatov 515–519
Nonlinear optical phenomena
Influence of the Dember effect on second harmonic generation upon reflection of Ti:sapphire laser radiation from silicon
I. M. Baranova, K. N. Evtyukhov, A. N. Murav’ev 520–524
Highly efficient generation of second and third harmonics of a femtosecond Cr:forsterite laser in nonlinear optical crystals
V. M. Gordienko, S. S. Grechin, A. A. Ivanov, A. A. Podshivalov 525–526
Two-photon absorption cross section of aluminium phthalocyanine excited by a femtosecond Ti:sapphire laser
Yu. P. Meshalkin, S. S. Chunosova 527–530
Interaction of laser radiation with matter. Laser plasma
Polarisation of the third harmonic generated by the pump field caused by collisions of electrons and ions in a plasma produced upon ionisation of a gas of excited hydrogen-like atoms
V. P. Silin, P. V. Silin 531–536
On the influence of electron heat transport on generation of the third harmonic of laser radiation in a dense plasma skin layer
V. A. Isakov, A. P. Kanavin, S. A. Uryupin 537–540
Coherent phase control of excitation of atoms by bichromatic laser radiation in an electric field
V. A. Astapenko 541–546
Absorption of an electromagnetic wave by an inhomogeneous cylindrical particle
E. V. Zavitaev, A. A. Yushkanov 547–553
Fibres. Integrated-optic waveguides
Restricted homogeneous system of tunnel-coupled waveguides and Bragg diffraction of light in it
B. A. Usievich, J. Kh. Nurligareev, V. A. Sychugov, K. M. Golant 554–558
Amplifying properties of heavily erbium-doped active fibres
A. Yu. Plotskii, A. S. Kurkov, M. Yu. Yashkov, M. M. Bubnov, M. E. Likhachev, A. A. Sysolyatin, A. N. Gur’yanov, E. M. Dianov 559–562
Laser applications and other topics in quantum electronics
Calculation of optimal parameters of an NH3-CO2 lidar
B. I. Vasil’ev, O. M. Mannoun 563–568
Metallised holographic diffraction gratings with the enhanced radiation resistance for laser pulse compression systems
V. D. Vinokurova, R. R. Gerke, T. G. Dubrovina, M. D. Mikhailov, E. G. Sall’, V. E. Yashin, A. V. Charukhchev 569–572
Enhancement of the measurement sensitivity in small lateral shearing holographic interferometry
A. M. Lyalikov 573–575
Discussion
On the simulation of a copper vapour laser with hydrogen admixtures
G. G. Petrash 576–577
Comments to the note by G. G. Petrash on the paper “On the simulation of a copper vapour laser with hydrogen admixtures”
A. M. Boichenko, G. S. Evtushenko, O. V. Zhdaneev, S. I. Yakovlenko 578–580