Review
Laser methods for detecting explosive residues on surfaces of distant objects
L. A. Skvortsov 1–11
Lasers
Semiconductor disk laser-pumped subpicosecond holmium fibre laser
A. Yu. Chamorovskiy, A. V. Marakulin, T. Leinonen, A. S. Kurkov, O. G. Okhotnikov 12–14
Laser diode bars based on strain-compensated AlGaPAs/GaAs heterostructures
A. A. Marmalyuk, M. A. Ladugin, I. V. Yarotskaya, V. A. Panarin, G. T. Mikaelyan 15–17
Control of an average output power of a CuBr laser
A. I. Fedorov, V. F. Fedorov, V. A. Dimaki 18–20
Two-dimensional model of an active medium of a fast-flow CO laser with state-to-state vibrational kinetics
V. A. Gurashvili, E. M. Zanozina, I. V. Kochetov, A. K. Kurnosov 21–26
Eye-safe Nd :YVO4 laser with intracavity SRS in a BaWO4 crystal
P. G. Zverev, L. I. Ivleva 27–30
Strontium vapour laser with a pulse repetition rate of up to 1 MHz
A. N. Soldatov, N. A. Yudin, A. V. Vasilieva, E. A. Kolmakov, Yu. P. Polunin, I. D. Kostyrya 31–33
Radiation from a semiconductor target excited by an electron beam in a gas diode
K. V. Berezhnoi, M. B. Bochkarev, G. L. Danielyan, A. S. Nasibov, A. G. Reutova, S. A. Shunailov, M. I. Yalandin 34–38
Nonlinear optical phenomena
Nonlinear absorption of laser radiation by zinc and lead phthalocyanines and zinc porphyrin in a nanoporous-glass/polymer composite
S. M. Dolotov, L. M. Koldunov, M. F. Koldunov, V. A. Petukhov, A. V. Sizyukhin 39–43
CARS diagnostics of the burning of H2 – O2 and CH4 – O2 mixtures at high temperatures and pressures
K. A. Vereshchagin, V. V. Smirnov, O. M. Stel’makh, V. I. Fabelinskyĭ 44–50
Interaction of laser radiation with matter. Laser plasmas
Experimental investigation of X-ray spectral absorption coefficients in heated Al and Ge on the Iskra-5 laser facility
S. V. Bondarenko, R. V. Garanin, N. V. Zhidkov, A. V. Pinegin, N. A. Suslov 51–57
Optimal acceleration of ions by laser pulses with a sharp leading edge
V. V. Kulagin, V. N. Kornienko, V. A. Cherepenin, H. Suk 58–64
Initiation of ignition of a combustible gas mixture in a closed volume by the radiation of a high-power pulsed CO2 laser
S. Yu. Kazantsev, I. G. Kononov, I. A. Kossyi, N. A. Popov, N. M. Tarasova, K. N. Firsov 65–70
Control of laser radiation parameters
Measuring the shift of a femtosecond laser frequency comb by the interference method
D. V. Basnak, K. A. Bikmukhametov, A. K. Dmitriev, A. S. Dychkov, S. A. Kuznetsov, A. A. Lugovoy, P. Mitsziti 71–75
Laser radiation scattering
Statistical properties of backscattered semiconductor laser radiation with different degrees of coherence
A. E. Alekseev, Ya. A. Tezadov, V. T. Potapov 76–81
Christiansen effect in disperse systems with resonant absorption
D. A. Zimnyakov, E. A. Isaeva, A. A. Isaeva 82–86
Electromagnetic fields
Localised plasmons on the aperture of a channel in a metal layer
T. I. Kuznetsova, N. A. Raspopov 87–94