Special issue devoted to multiple radiation scattering in random media
Statistics of light deflection in a random two-phase medium
A. P. Sviridov 1–8
On the estimate of effective optical parameters of close-packed fibrillar media
D. A. Zimnyakov, L. V. Kuznetsova, O. V. Ushakova, R. A. Myllylä 9–16
Effect of multiple scattering of light by titanium dioxide nanoparticles implanted into a superficial skin layer on radiation transmission in different wavelength ranges
A. P. Popov, A. V. Priezzhev, J. Lademann, R. A. Myllylä 17–21
Application of neural networks for determining optical parameters of strongly scattering media from the intensity profile of backscattered radiation
S. P. Kotova, I. V. Maiorov, A. M. Maiorova 22–26
Letters
Comparison of the optical parameters of a CaF2 single crystal and optical ceramics
O. V. Palashov, E. A. Khazanov, I. B. Mukhin, I. A. Mironov, A. N. Smirnov, K. V. Dukelskii, V. V. Osiko, P. P. Fedorov, T. T. Basiev 27–28
Nonlinear optical phenomena
Self-induced transparency in a heterogeneous isotopic mixture
S. V. Sazonov 29–35
Spectral distribution of the efficiency of terahertz difference frequency generation upon collinear propagation of interacting waves in semiconductor crystals
S. N. Orlov, Yu. N. Polivanov 36–42
Amplification of Stokes signals with phase conjugation by combined laser and SBS amplifiers
I. M. Bel’dyugin, V. F. Efimkov, I. G. Zubarev, S. I. Mikhailov, V. B. Sobolev 43–48
Lasers
Effect of gas mixture composition and pump conditionson the parameters of the CuBr – Ne – H2(HBr) laser
D. V. Shiyanov, G. S. Evtushenko, V. B. Sukhanov, V. F. Fedorov 49–52
Active polymer fibres doped with organic dyes: Generation and amplification of coherent radiation
G. V. Maier, T. N. Kopylova, V. A. Svetlichnyi, V. M. Podgaetsky, S. M. Dolotov, O. V. Ponomareva, A. E. Monich, E. A. Monich 53–59
Parameters of a trigatron-driven low-pulse-repetition-rate TEA CO2 laser preionised by a surface corona discharge
M. Aram, A. Behjat, M. Shabanzadeh, F. Mansori 60–62
Waveguide submillimetre laser with a uniform output beam
A. V. Volodenko, O. V. Gurin, A. V. Degtyarev, V. A. Maslov, V. A. Svich, A. N. Topkov 63–68
On increasing the efficiency of a streamer semiconductor laser
K. I. Rusakov, V. V. Parashchuk 69–73
Quantum optics
Use of the squeezed (sub-Poisson) state of light in small-signal detection with preamplification upon four-wave mixing
A. V. Kozlovskii 74–80
Optical field parameters
Estimate of the minimal coherence length of probe optical radiation in interferometry
P. A. Bakut, V. I. Mandrosov 81–84
Optical systems for measuring the Wigner function of a laser beam by the method of phase-spatial tomography
A. V. Gitin 85–91
Laser technologies
Laser amorphisation of glass ceramics: basic properties and new possibilities for manufacturing microoptical elements
V. P. Veiko, Kh. K. Kieu 92–98
Laser drilling of superdeep micron holes in various materials with a programmable control of laser radiation parameters
T. T. Basiev, A. V. Gavrilov, V. V. Osiko, S. N. Smetanin, A. V. Fedin 99–102
Radiation of electric discharges
X-ray radiation of a spark preionisation system and volume discharge plasma in a laser with an inductive energy storage
A. N. Panchenko, V. F. Tarasenko, A. E. Tel’minov 103–106
Emission of I2* molecules in a barrier discharge
S. M. Avdeev, È. A. Sosnin, V. F. Tarasenko 107–110