Review
Spectral, temporal and temperature features of the nonlinear response of high-temperature superconductors in transient nonlinear spectroscopy
Yu. V. Bobyrev, V. M. Petnikova, K. V. Rudenko, V. V. Shuvalov 895–917
Lasers
Simulations of light–current and spectral characteristics of InGaAlAs/InP semiconductor lasers
A. V. Ivanov, V. D. Kurnosov, K. V. Kurnosov, V. I. Romantsevich, Yu. L. Ryaboshtan, R. V. Chernov 918–924
Parameters of the output beam of a longitudinally diode-pumped YVO4/Nd:YVO4-laser
G. I. Ryabtsev, M. V. Bogdanovich, A. I. Yenzhyieuski, L. I. Burov, A. G. Ryabtsev, M. A. Shchemelev, A. V. Pozhidaev, V. N. Matrosov, V. V. Mashko, L. L. Teplyashin, A. N. Chumakov 925–927
Interaction of laser radiation with matter
Absorption of a femtosecond laser pulse by metals and the possibility of determining effective electron–electron collision frequencies
V. A. Isakov, A. P. Kanavin, S. A. Uryupin 928–932
Control of laser radiation parameters
Use of neural-network systems to control transient multimode lasing
V. I. Ledenev 933–938
Compensation for thermally induced aberrations in optical elements by means of additional heating by CO2 laser radiation
A. A. Soloviev, I. E. Kozhevatov, O. V. Palashov, E. A. Khazanov 939–945
Nonlinear optical phenomena
Self-phase modulation of radiation in fibreoptic communication lines
V. Yu. Golyshev, E. A. Zhukov, I. È. Samartsev, D. G. Slepov 946–950
Multiphoton correlations in parametric down-conversion and their measurement in the pulsed regime
O. A. Ivanova, T. Sh. Iskhakov, A. N. Penin, M. V. Chekhova 951–956
Fibre and integrated optical elements and devices
Calculations of a fibre amplifier with the hexagonal waveguide structure
D. V. Vysotskii, N. N. Ëlkin, A. P. Napartovich, V. N. Troshchieva 957–962
Distributed external-action sensor based on a phase-sensitive fibre reflectometer
B. G. Gorshkov, V. M. Paramonov, A. S. Kurkov, A. T. Kulakov, M. V. Zazirnyi 963–965
Simple method for apodization of fibre Bragg gratings written by a Gaussian beam
S. R. Abdullina, S. A. Babin, A. A. Vlasov, S. I. Kablukov 966–970
Peculiarities of the light propagation in semi-infinite fibre arrays
P. I. Khadzhi, K. D. Lyakhomskaya, O. K. Orlov 971–977
Nanostructures
Formation of nanostructures upon laser ablation of silver in liquids
E. V. Zavedeev, A. V. Petrovskaya, A. V. Simakin, G. A. Shafeev 978–980
Laser applications and other topics in quantum electronics
An ultraviolet barrier-discharge OH molecular lamp
È. A. Sosnin, M. V. Erofeev, S. M. Avdeev, A. N. Panchenko, V. A. Panarin, V. S. Skakun, V. F. Tarasenko, D. V. Shutz 981–983
Study of the subpicosecond rotational molecular dynamics in liquids
V. G. Nikiforov, V. S. Lobkov 984–988