Lasers
Efficient pulsed Cr2+:CdSe laser continuously tunable in the spectral range from 2.26 to 3.61 μm
V. A. Akimov, V. I. Kozlovsky, Yu. V. Korostelin, A. I. Landman, Yu. P. Podmar’kov, Ya. K. Skasyrsky, M. P. Frolov 205–208
Transversely diode-pumped passively Q-switched erbium glass laser emitter
V. N. Bykov, A. A. Izyneev, A. G. Sadovoi, P. I. Sadovskii, O. A. Sorokina 209–212
Lasing in zinc selenide single crystals pumped by high-voltage subnanosecond pulses
G. A. Mesyats, A. S. Nasibov, V. G. Shpak, S. A. Shunailov, M. I. Yalandin 213–214
Numerical study of the influence of thermooptic effects on the competition of modes in diode lasers
D. V. Vysotskii, N. N. Ëlkin, A. P. Napartovich, V. N. Troshchieva, D. Botez, L. J. Mawst 215–221
Active media
Vibrational relaxation of highly excited CO molecules on CO2 molecules in the active medium of a CO laser
G. M. Grigorian, I. V. Kochetov 222–226
Heat conduction of laser vanadate crystals
A. I. Zagumennyi, P. A. Popov, F. Zerouk, Yu. D. Zavartsev, S. A. Kutovoi, I. A. Shcherbakov 227–232
Control of laser radiation parameters
Mode locking in a bismuth fibre laser by using a SESAM
A. A. Krylov, V. V. Dvoyrin, V. M. Mashinsky, P. G. Kryukov, O. G. Okhotnikov, M. Guina 233–238
Laser beams
Optical diabols in singular laser beams
V. I. Vasil’ev, V. G. Denisenko, R. I. Egorov, V. V. Slyusar, M. S. Soskin 239–244
Interaction of laser radiation with matter
Theory of formation of an ensemble of nanoclusters on the surface of CdTe crystals irradiated by a laser pulse
V. I. Emel’yanov, A. Baidullaeva, A. I. Vlasenko, P. E. Mozol’ 245–250
Individual induced absorption bands in MgF2
A. P. Sergeev, P. B. Sergeev 251–257
Ultrashort light pulses
Formation of subfemtosecond laser pulses in aperiodically poled nonlinear-optical crystals
I. V. Shutov, A. A. Novikov, A. S. Chirkin 258–262
Laser biology
Visualisation of the distributions of melanin and indocyanine green in biological tissues
È. A. Genina, I. V. Fedosov, A. N. Bashkatov, D. A. Zimnyakov, G. B. Altshuler, V. V. Tuchin 263–268
Optomechanical tests of hydrated biological tissues subjected to laser shaping
A. I. Omel’chenko, È. N. Sobol’ 269–272
Optical communication
Demonstration of the frequency modulation of optical signals with a high frequency deviation parameter
A. V. Shamray, A. S. Kozlov, I. V. Il’ichev, M. P. Petrov 273–275
Laser applications and other topics in quantum electronics
Optoelectronic switching in diamond and optical surface breakdown
E. I. Lipatov, V. F. Tarasenko 276–279
Generation of singlet oxygen in fullerene-containing media: 1. Photodesorption of singlet oxygen from fullerene-containing surfaces
I. M. Belousova, V. P. Belousov, O. B. Danilov, A. V. Ermakov, V. M. Kiselev, I. M. Kislyakov, E. N. Sosnov 280–285
Generation of singlet oxygen in fullerene-containing media: 2. Fullerene-containing solutions
I. V. Bagrov, I. M. Belousova, A. S. Grenishin, O. B. Danilov, A. V. Ermakov, V. M. Kiselev, I. M. Kislyakov, T. D. Murav’eva, E. N. Sosnov 286–293
Information
Symposium on the coherent optical radiation of semiconductor compounds and structures (Zvenigorod, 27 — 29 November 2007)
I. N. Zavestovskaya, O. N. Krokhin, Yu. M. Popov, A. S. Semenov 294–297
Obituary
Mikhail Alexandrovich Rotinyan
B. I. Katorgin, O. N. Krokhin, G. K. Vasil’ev, G. A. Kirillov, S. G. Garanin, S. D. Velikanov, V. A. Gurashvili, A. B. Ignat’ev, N. V. Cheburkin, Yu. F. Kutaev, G. A. Baranov, I. B. Kovsh, A. A. Mak, V. T. Punin, A. V. Rodin, V. D. Shargorodskii, V. E. Sherstobitov 298