Invited paper
Quantum dot diode lasers for optical communication systems
A. E. Zhukov, A. R. Kovsh 409–423
Lasers
Influence of superradiance on near- and far-field emission patterns in GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures
P. P. Vasil’ev, H. Kan, T. Hiruma 424–428
On the possibility of simultaneous emission of an autonomous cw HF — DF chemical laser in two spectral ranges
A. S. Bashkin, L. V. Gurov, B. I. Katorgin, S. N. Petrova, D. V. Polinovsky 429–435
Statistical approach in planning experiments with a copper bromide vapor laser
I. P. Iliev, S. G. Gocheva-Ilieva, D. N. Astadzhov, N. P. Denev, N. V. Sabotinov 436–440
Interaction of laser radiation with matter. Laser plasma
Propagation of an optical discharge through optical fibres upon interference of modes
I. A. Bufetov, A. A. Frolov, A. V. Shubin, M. E. Likhachev, S. V. Lavrishchev, E. M. Dianov 441–444
Integral-optical elements
Thin heterogeneous optical silicon-on-insulator waveguides and their application in reconfigurable optical multiplexers
A. V. Tsarev 445–451
Layered periodic structures
Propagation of light in a one-dimensional photonic crystal: analysis by the Floquet–Bloch function method
J. Kh. Nurligareev, V. A. Sychugov 452–461
Laser radiation scattering
Properties of laser radiation scattering by a laser-induced spark plasma revisited after 40 years
A. A. Malyutin 462–469
Application of Young–Michelson and Brown–Twiss interferometers for determining geometric parameters of nonplanar rough objects
V. I. Mandrosov 470–476
Remote laser speckle interferometry: A speckle pattern formation model
N. P. Badalyan, V. V. Kiyko, V. I. Kislov, A. B. Kozlov 477–481
Control of laser radiation parameters
Phase dynamics in the self-modulation oscillation regime in a solid-state ring laser
D. A. Aleshin, I. I. Zolotoverkh, N. V. Kravtsov, E. G. Lariontsev 482–485
Biophotonics
Application of time gating in the measurement of glucose level in a three-layer biotissue model by using ultrashort laser pulses
M. Yu. Kirillin, A. V. Bykov, A. V. Priezzhev, R. A. Myllylä 486–490
Study of the influence of glucose on diffuse reflection of ultrashort laser pulses from a medium simulating a biological tissue
A. V. Bykov, A. K. Indukaev, A. V. Priezzhev, R. A. Myllylä 491–496
Laser applications and other topics in quantum electronics
Influence of the layer thickness and concentration of dye molecules on the emission amplification in cholesteric liquid crystals
R. B. Alaverdyan, A. H. Gevorgyan, A. D. Chilingaryan, Yu. S. Chilingaryan 497–502