Lasers
Amplified luminescence and output characteristics of high-power InGaAs/AlGaAs laser diode arrays
V. V. Kabanov, E. V. Lebiadok, A. A. Ramanenko, A. G. Ryabtsev, G. I. Ryabtsev, M. A. Shchemelev, S. K. Mekhta 95–98
Estimation of the reliability of heterolasers subjected to ageing under irradiation by a fast particle flux
A. P. Bogatov, A. A. Kochetkov, V. P. Konyaev 99–102
Polarisation dynamics of a Nd:YAG ceramic laser
P. A. Khandokhin, I. V. Ievlev, Yu. S. Lebedeva, I. B. Mukhin, O. V. Palashov, E. A. Khazanov 103–109
On pulse duration of self-terminating lasers
P. A. Bokhan 110–114
Planar repetitively pulsed microwave-pumped CO2 laser
A. P. Mineev, S. M. Nefedov, P. P. Pashinin 115–119
Active media
Nonequivalent Yb3+ centres in Y1-xYbxAl3(BO3)4 laser crystals
K. N. Boldyrev, M. N. Popova, L. N. Bezmaternykh, M. Betinelli 120–124
Lead pyrovanadate single crystal as a new SRS material
T. T. Basiev, Yu. K. Voronko, V. A. Maslov, A. A. Sobol, V. E. Shukshin 125–127
Enhanced technique for measuring collisional quenching rate coefficients in rare-gas mixtures
D. A. Zayarnyi, A. Yu. L’dov, I. V. Kholin 128–134
Kinetics of O2(1Σ) formation in the reaction O2(1Δ) + O2(1Δ) → O2(1Σ) + O2(3Σ)
M. V. Zagidullin, N. A. Khvatov, A. Yu. Nyagashkin 135–138
Liquid-liquid reaction of hydrogen peroxide and sodium hypochlorite for the production of singlet oxygen in a centrifugal flow singlet oxygen generator
Rong-rong Cui, Lie-zheng Deng, Wen-bo Shi, He-ping Yang, Guo-he Sha, Cun-hao Zhang 139–144
Nonlinear optical phenomena
Cascaded second-harmonic generation, summation of the wave vectors of the bulk defect-deformation waves, and generation of multimode micro- and nanostructures by laser irradiation of solids
V. I. Emel’yanov 145–148
Polarisation singularities in the electric field at a sum-frequency generated by two collinear elliptically polarised Gaussian beams in the bulk of a nonlinear gyrotropic medium
V. A. Makarov, I. A. Perezhogin, N. N. Potravkin 149–152
Compression of pulses during their amplification in the field of a focused counterpropagating pump pulse of the same frequency and width in media with electrostriction nonlinearity
A. S. Dement’ev, I. Diomin, È. K. Murauskas, N. Slavinskis 153–159
Filamentation of femtosecond Gaussian pulses with close-to-linear or -circular elliptical polarisation
N. A. Panov, O. G. Kosareva, A. B. Savel’ev-Trofimov, D. S. Uryupina, I. A. Perezhogin, V. A. Makarov 160–162
Nanooptics
Optical antireflection of a medium by nanocrystal layers
A. S. Shalin 163–169
Laser biology
Laser diagnostics of anisotropy in birefringent networks of biological tissues in different physiological conditions
Yu. A. Ushenko, Yu. Ya. Tomka, A. V. Dubolazov 170–175
Fiber optics
Coherent reflectometer with a two-fibre scattered-light interferometer
V. S. Vdovenko, B. G. Gorshkov, M. V. Zazirnyi, A. T. Kulakov, A. S. Kurkov, V. M. Paramonov 176–178
Imaging
Use of a temporal approach to the three-dimensional image formation of a distant rough nonplanar object
V. I. Mandrosov 179–184
On focusing of laser radiation with an axicon
A. A. Malyutin 185–188