Letters
An 8-μm quantum cascade laserproduced by the metalorganic vapour phase epitaxy method
I. I. Zasavitskii, D. A. Pashkeev, A. A. Marmalyuk, Yu. L. Ryaboshtan, G. T. Mikaelyan 95–97
Lasers
Efficient lasing at 2.1 μm in a Ho:YAG laserpumped by a Tm:YLF laser
N. G. Zakharov, O. L. Antipov, V. V. Sharkov, A. P. Savikin 98–100
Two-micron lasing in NaLa1/2Gd1/2(WO4)2 crystalsdoped with Tm3+ ions
F. A. Bol’shchikov, E. V. Zharikov, N. G. Zakharov, D. A. Lis, P. A. Ryabochkina, K. A. Subbotin, O. L. Antipov 101–102
Electric-discharge pulsed F2 + H2(D2) chain reaction HF/DF laser with a 4.2-L active volume
E. A. Klimuk, K. A. Kutumov, G. A. Troshchinenko 103–107
An HCN laser with a two-layer anisotropic output mirror
S. A. Andrenko, Yu. E. Kamenev, V. L. Pazynin 108–110
Control of laser radiation parameter
A new approach to controlling the ytterbium fibre laser output power
V. G. Voronin, O. E. Nanii, A. A. Sus’yan, V. I. Khlystov 111–114
Nonlinear-optics phenomena
Formation of optical pulses by modulating the resonant quantum transition frequency in a spectrally inhomogeneous medium
V. A. Polovinkin (Antonov), E. V. Radionychev 115–120
Filamentation of high-power laser radiation in air and water: Comparative analysis
Yu. E. Geints, A. A. Zemlyanov 121–126
Change in the refractive index of a photorefractive crystal during formation of a spatially screened soliton
S. A. Assel’born, N. D. Kundikova 127–129
Optical memory
Model of optically induced memory in amorphous azopolymers
Yu. V. Ponomarev, S. A. Ivanov 130–138
Laser spectroscopy
Study of the Rabi splitting at the 5P3/2 → 5D5/2,3/2 transitions in the 87Rb atom upon cascade excitation in a magnetooptical trap
A. V. Akimov, E. O. Tereshchenko, S. A. Snigirev, A. Yu. Samokotin, A. V. Sokolov, V. N. Sorokin 139–143
Quenching of the resonance 5s(3P1) state of the krypton atomin collisions with krypton and argon atoms
D. A. Zayarnyi, A. Yu. L’dov, I. V. Kholin 144–148
Radiation scattering
Peculiarities of the angular distribution of laser radiation intensity scattered by laser-spark plasma in air
A. A. Malyutin, V. A. Podvyaznikov, V. K. Chevokin 149–152
Optical fibres and waveguides
Luminescent properties of bismuth centres in aluminosilicate optical fibres
L. I. Bulatov, V. M. Mashinsky, V. V. Dvoyrin, E. F. Kustov, E. M. Dianov 153–159
High-index-ring three-layer fibresfor mode-locked sub-1.3 μm fibre lasers
A. S. Belanov, S. V. Tsvetkov 160–162
On the transmission of gamma images in the guided modes of a crystal
L. A. Rivlin 163–166
Laser applications and other topics in quantum electronics
Laser microphotoacoustic sensor of ammonia traces in the atmosphere
D. V. Serebryakov, I. V. Morozov, A. A. Kosterev, V. S. Letokhov 167–172
Remote laser detection of natural gas leakages from pipelines
V. O. Petukhov, V. A. Gorobets, Yu. M. Andreev, G. V. Lanskii 173–177
Holographic sensors for diagnostics of solution components
A. V. Kraĭskiĭ, V. A. Postnikov, A. V. Khamidulin, T. T. Sultanov 178–182
Time-domain polarisation scrambler on one bulk LiNbO3 crystal with quadrupole electrodes
B. L. Davydov, V. Yu. Mironov 183–187
Personalia
To the 80th birthday of A. A. Manenkov
S. N. Bagayev, T. T. Basiev, F. V. Bunkin, E. M. Dianov, N. V. Karlov, V. I. Konov, P. P. Pashinin, I. A. Shcherbakov, V. V. Osiko 188