Invited paper
Phase instability in a four-frequency anisotropic-ring cavity gas laser
L. P. Svirina 1–15
Lasers
Modes of a semiconductor rectangular microcavity
D. V. Batrak, A. P. Bogatov, A. E. Drakin, N. V. D’yachkov, D. R. Miftakhutdinov 16–22
On the nature of phantom currents in the active medium of self-contained metal atom transition lasers
N. A. Yudin, V. B. Sukhanov, F. A. Gubarev, G. S. Evtushenko 23–28
Nonlinear optical phenomena
Interaction of a probe pulse with a “dressed” Bose — Einstein condensate of rarefied atomic gases
N. I. Shamrov 29–36
Light-controlled band shift in synthetic opals filled with an optically nonlinear dye solution
A. M. Goncharenko, G. V. Sinitsyn, A. V. Lyakhnovich, M. I. Samoilovich, S. P. Apanasevich, M. A. Khodasevich, Yu. A. Varaksa, T. T. Basiev, Yu. V. Orlovskii 37–40
Complexes of in-phase two-dimensional laser solitons
N. N. Rosanov, S. V. Fedorov, A. N. Shatsev 41–45
Acoustooptics
Influence of nonreciprocal effect on the operation of a collinear acousto-optic filter
Yu. S. Dobrolenskii, V. B. Voloshinov, Yu. A. Zyuryukin 46–50
Fibre optics
Optical fibres based on natural biological minerals — sea sponge spicules
Yu. N. Kulchin, O. A. Bukin, S. S. Voznesenskii, A. N. Galkina, S. V. Gnedenkov, A. L. Drozdov, V. G. Kuryavyi, T. L. Mal’tseva, I. G. Nagornyi, S. L. Sinebryukhov, A. I. Cherednichenko 51–55
Correlation processing of signals of a single-fibre multimode interferometer upon excitation of few modes during measurements of deformation effects
Yu. N. Kulchin, O. B. Vitrik, A. D. Lantsov 56–58
Control of laser radiation parameters
Stabilisation of a laser by the calculated quantum transition frequency
S. N. Bagayev, A. K. Dmitriev, A. A. Lugovoy 59–63
Interferometry
Optical processing of holographic lateral shear interferograms recorded by displacing an object
A. M. Lyalikov 64–68
On the possibility of controlling the wave front of a wide-aperture HF(DF) laser by the method of Talbot interferometry
A. B. Ignat’ev, S. Yu. Kazantsev, I. G. Kononov, V. M. Marchenko, V. A. Feofilaktov, K. N. Firsov 69–72
Nanostructures
Formation of carbon submicron structures and nanostructures on the surface of cold substrates exposed to laser radiation in air
S. M. Arakelyan, M. N. Gerke, S. V. Kutrovskaya, A. O. Kucherik, V. G. Prokoshev 73–76
Laser applications and other topics in quantum electronics
Determination of photophysical parameters of tryptophan molecules by methods of laser fluorimetry
A. A. Banishev, E. A. Shirshin, V. V. Fadeev 77–81
Gas-dynamic effects in the interaction of a motionless optical pulsating discharge with gas
V. N. Tishchenko, G. N. Grachev, A. A. Pavlov, A. L. Smirnov, A. A. Pavlov, M. P. Golubev 82–87
Barrier-discharge-excited coaxial excilamps with the enhanced pulse energy
A. N. Panchenko, V. F. Tarasenko 88–91
On the gravitational-deceleration initiation of the phase transition of gas to a Bose condensate
L. A. Rivlin 92–94