Invited paper
Fibre optics: Forty years later
E. M. Dianov 1–6
Lasers
Continuous-wave Cr2+:CdS laser
V. I. Kozlovsky, Yu. V. Korostelin, A. I. Landman, Yu. P. Podmar’kov, Ya. K. Skasyrsky, M. P. Frolov 7–10
Lasing characteristics of the Ar — Xe and He — Ar — Xe mixtures pumped by fission fragments
Yu. A. Dyuzhov, O. F. Kukharchuk, E. D. Poletaev, V. N. Smol’skii, A. A. Suvorov, O. G. Fokina 11–18
Operation features of a longitudinal-capacitive-discharge-pumped CuBr laser
F. A. Gubarev, V. B. Sukhanov, G. S. Evtushenko, D. V. Shiyanov 19–24
Self-mode-locked all-fibre erbium laser with a low repetition rate and high pulse energy
V. I. Denisov, B. N. Nyushkov, V. S. Pivtsov 25–27
Kinetics of processes and energy distribution in an electric discharge upon pumping a XeCl laser
Yu. I. Bychkov, S. A. Yampol’skaya, A. G. Yastremskii 28–34
Active media
Specific features of thermal regimes in rectangular laser slabs under steady-state pumping
A. N. Alpat’ev, V. A. Smirnov, I. A. Shcherbakov 35–39
Influence of the photoelastic effect on the thermal lensin a YLF crystal
V. V. Zelenogorskii, E. A. Khazanov 40–44
Nonlinear optics phenomena
Nonlinear light scattering in a carbon nanotube suspension
G. M. Mikheev, T. N. Mogileva, A. V. Okotrub, D. L. Bulatov, V. V. Vanyukov 45–50
Second harmonic and drag current generation by an s-polarised wave rapidly heating a metal
S. G. Bezhanov, S. A. Uryupin 51–58
Effects of laser radiation on matter
Laser damage behaviour of titania coatings
L. A. Skvortsov 59–63
Simulation of photon acceleration upon irradiation of a mylar target by femtosecond laser pulses
S. N. Andreev, A. A. Rukhadze, V. P. Tarakanov, B. P. Yakutov 64–67
Resonators
Selection of the higher transverse modes of a waveguide quasi-optical resonator
A. V. Volodenko, O. V. Gurin, A. V. Degtyarev, V. A. Maslov, V. A. Svich, A. N. Topkov 68–72
Nanostructures
Sub-20 nm island self-organisation stimulated by spatially periodic laser exposure in the GaAs/InGaAs/GaAs epitaxial system
Yu. K. Verevkin, V. N. Petryakov, Yu. Yu. Gushchina, C. S. Peng, C. Tan, M. Pessa, Z. Wang, S. M. Olaizola, S. Tisserand 73–76
Optical computing
Analysis of the tomographic contrast during the immersion bleaching of layered biological tissues
I. V. Prokhorov, I. P. Yarovenko 77–82
Stimulated cerenkov radiation
Quantum theory of stimulated Cerenkov radiation of transverse electromagnetic waves by a low-density electron beam in a medium
M. V. Kuzelev 83–87
Propagation of laser radiation in the atmosphere
Probability density of strong intensity fluctuations of laser radiation in a weakly absorbing random medium
R. Kh. Almaev, A. A. Suvorov 88–94