Lasers
Repetitively pulsed regime of Nd : glass large-aperture laser amplifiers
A. A. Kuzmin, E. A. Khazanov, A. A. Shaikin 283–291
High-power efficient cw and pulsed lasers based on bulk Yb : KYW crystals with end diode pumping
G. H. Kim, J. H. Yang, D. S. Lee, A. V. Kulik, E. G. Sall’, S. A. Chizhov, V. E. Yashin, U. Kang 292–297
Simulation of the output power of copper bromide lasers by the MARS method
I. P. Iliev, D. S. Voynikova, S. G. Gocheva-Ilieva 298–303
Active media
XeCl*-laser discharge instabilities at high gas pressures
Z. Harrache, A. Alia, A. Belasri 304–309
Optical properties of IR-emitting centres in Pb-doped silica fibres
A. S. Zlenko, S. V. Firstov, K. E. Riumkin, V. F. Khopin, L. D. Iskhakova, S. L. Semenov, I. A. Bufetov, E. M. Dianov 310–314
Control of laser radiation parameters
Laser frequency stabilisation by the Pound–Drever–Hall method using an acousto-optic phase modulator operating in the pure Raman–Nath diffraction regime
V. N. Baryshev 315–318
Nonlinear optical phenomena
Nonlinear propagation of a high-power focused femtosecond laser pulse in air under atmospheric and reduced pressure
Yu. E. Geints, A. A. Zemlyanov, A. A. Ionin, S. I. Kudryashov, L. V. Seleznev, D. V. Sinitsyn, E. S. Sunchugasheva 319–326
Light-induced first-order orientational transitions in a nematic liquid crystal in the presence of an ordinary wave
A. S. Zolot’ko, M. P. Smaev, S. A. Shvetsov, N. I. Boiko, M. I. Barnik 327–331
Femtosecond laser spectroscopy
Femtosecond laser control of induced anisotropy in a liquid: selective spectroscopy of intramolecular vibrations of carbon tetrachloride
V. G. Nikiforov, A. G. Shmelev, G. M. Safiullin, V. S. Lobkov 332–336
Integral optical waveguides
Theoretical and numerical analysis of propagation and scattering of eigen- and non-eigenmodes of an irregular integrated-optical waveguide
A. A. Egorov 337–344
Light scattering
Scattering of light passing through a statistically rough interface between media with different refractive indices after laser correction of vision
A. V. Semchishen, V. N. Seminogov, V. A. Semchishen 345–349
Absorption and scattering of laser radiation by the diffusion flame of aviation kerosene
S. V. Gvozdev, A. F. Glova, V. Yu. Dubrovskii, S. T. Durmanov, A. G. Krasyukov, A. Yu. Lysikov, G. V. Smirnov, V. B. Solomakhin 350–354
Nanooptics
Optical forces in plasmonic nanoantennas
A. S. Shalin, S. V. Sukhov 355–360
Optical image processing
Analysis of the process of visualisation of transparent objects using the phase-contrast method with a photothermal Zernike cell
E. L. Bubis, A. Z. Matveev 361–366
Laser applications and other topics in quantum electronics
Optical isolation in the LIGO gravitational wave laser detector in transient states
A. A. Soloviev, E. A. Khazanov 367–371
Measurement of the mechanical deformations of an elastic spherical shell, filled with an incompressible fluid, with the help of a semiconductor laser autodyne
D. A. Usanov, An. V. Skripal, S. Yu. Dobdin 372–374
Obituary
In memory of Aleksandr Apollonovich Kazakov
O. N. Krokhin, Yu. V. Gulyaev, A. S. Sigov, I. A. Shcherbakov, A. S. Bugaev, N. N. Kudryavtsev, S. M. Kopylov, G. M. Zverev, I. B. Kovsh, V. A. Makarov, A. A. Fomichev 375
In memory of Tasoltan Tazretovich Basiev
O. N. Krokhin, V. V. Osiko, I. A. Shcherbakov 376