Lasers
Study of an electric-discharge molecular fluorine VUV laser
S. K. Vartapetov, A. A. Zhigalkin, K. E. Lapshin, A. Z. Obidin, V. Yu. Khomich, V. A. Yamshchikov 393–398
Low-frequency power and pointing noises of a spectrally-selective external-cavity diode laser
V. V. Bruevich, S. G. Elizarov, D. Yu. Parashchuk 399–402
Efficient electric-discharge XeF laser pumped by a generator with an inductive energy storage
A. N. Panchenko, V. F. Tarasenko, A. E. Tel’minov 403–407
Nonlinear optical phenomena
Features of the nonlinear response of high-temperature superconductors in coherent picosecond four-photon spectroscopy with high excitation level
Yu. V. Bobyrev, V. M. Petnikova, K. V. Rudenko, V. V. Shuvalov 408–414
On the diagnostics of semiconductors upon two-photon excitation of biexcitons
P. I. Khadzhi, L. Yu. Nad’kin 415–417
Mechanisms of a change in the refractive index of an intensely pumped Yb:YAG crystal
O. L. Antipov, D. V. Bredikhin, O. N. Eremeykin, E. V. Ivakin, A. P. Savikin, A. V. Sukhodolov, K. A. Fedorova 418–423
Interaction of laser radiation with matter. Laser plasma
Interaction of a smoothed laser beam with supercritical-density porous targets on the ABC facility
C. Strangio, A. Caruso, S. Yu. Gus’kov, V. B. Rozanov, A. A. Rupasov 424–428
Efficiency of ablative loading of material upon the fast-electron transfer of absorbed laser energy
S. Yu. Gus’kov, A. Kasperczuk, T. Pisarczyk, S. Borodziuk, M. Kalal, J. Limpouch, J. Ullschmied, E. Krousky, K. Masek, M. Pfeifer, K. Rohlena, J. Skala, P. Pisarczyk 429–434
Percolation and emission spectra of a laser plasma upon ablation of silicon and silicon-containing composites
N. E. Kask, S. V. Michurin, G. M. Fedorov 435–439
On the bifurcation of the circular polarisation of the fifth and seventh pump-field harmonics generated in the plasma produced by the ionisation of a gas of excited hydrogen-like atoms
V. P. Silin, P. V. Silin 440–446
Laser beams
Amplitude–phase mode structure of an astigmatic Gaussian beam in ring lasers with a nonplanar four-mirror cavity and an aperture
Yu. Yu. Broslavets, T. E. Zaitseva, A. A. Kazakov, A. A. Fomichev 447–456
Optical image processing
Effect of the parameters of a wide-aperture acousto-optic filter on the image processing quality
V. B. Voloshinov, D. V. Bogomolov 457–463
Optical fibres
Study of the radiation scattering indicatrix in fibres heavily doped with germanium oxide
M. E. Likhachev, M. M. Bubnov, S. L. Semenov, V. F. Khopin, M. Yu. Salganskii, A. N. Gur’yanov, E. M. Dianov 464–469
Laser applications and other topics in quantum electronics
Merging of shock waves produced by a moving pulsating optical discharge
G. N. Grachev, A. G. Ponomarenko, V. N. Tishchenko, A. L. Smirnov, S. I. Trashkeev, P. A. Statsenko, M. I. Zimin, A. A. Myakushina, V. I. Zapryagaev, A. I. Gulidov, V. M. Boiko, A. A. Pavlov, A. V. Sobolev 470–472
Polarisation splitting of laser beams by large angles with minimal reflection losses
B. L. Davydov 473–482
Laser applications and other topics in quantum electronics
Study of thermooptic distortions of a Nd:YVO4 active element at different methods of its mounting
V. V. Kiyko, E. N. Ofitserov 483–486