Letters
Nanostructuring of single-crystal silicon carbide by picosecond UV laser radiation
E. V. Barmina, A. A. Serkov, G. A. Shafeev 1091–1093
Lasers
Numerical simulation of the main characteristics of a high-pressure DF–CO2 laser for amplification of picosecond laser pulses
V. Ya. Agroskin, B. G. Bravy, G. K. Vasil’ev, S. A. Kashtanov, E. F. Makarov, S. A. Sotnichenko, Yu. A. Chernyshev 1094–1098
32.8-nm X-ray laser produced in a krypton cluster jet
E. P. Ivanova, A. Yu. Vinokhodov 1099–1106
Raman laser with intracavity conversion of 1.34-μm laser radiation in a BaWO4 crystal
A. V. Gavrilov, M. N. Ershkov, A. V. Fedin 1107–1109
Effect of laser light on matter. Laser plasmas
Plasma channel produced by femtosecond laser pulses as a medium for amplifying electromagnetic radiation of the subterahertz frequency range
A. V. Bogatskaya, E. A. Volkova, A. M. Popov 1110–1117
Photoimaging of the multiple filamentation of femtosecond laser pulses in poly(methyl methacrylate) doped with 2,2-difluoro-4-(9-anthracyl)-6-methyl-1,3,2-dioxaborine
Yu. N. Kulchin, O. B. Vitrik, A. A. Chekhlenok, A. Yu. Zhizhchenko, D. Yu. Proschenko, A. G. Mirochnik, Lyu Guohui 1118–1121
Nonlinear optical phenomena
Optical limiting effects in nanostructured silicon carbide thin films
A. A. Borsch, V. N. Starkov, V. I. Volkov, V. I. Rudenko, A. Yu. Boyarchuk, A. V. Semenov 1122–1126
Influence of reabsorption and reemission on stimulated Raman scattering of polymethine dyes in multiple scattering media
V. P. Yashchuk, A. O. Komyshan, A. P. Smalyuk, O. A. Prigodiuk, A. A. Ishchenko, L. A. Olkhovyk 1127–1131
Terahertz radiation
Excitation of surface waves by a short laser pulse in a conductor
S. A. Uryupin, A. A. Frolov 1132–1138
Deflection of a monochromatic THz beam by acousto-optic methods
V. B. Voloshinov, P. A. Nikitin, V. V. Gerasimov, B. A. Knyazev, Yu. Yu. Choporova 1139–1142
Fiber and integrated optics
Temperature dependences of phase and group birefringence in spun fibres
S. K. Morshnev, V. P. Gubin, Ya. V. Przhiyalkovskiy, N. I. Starostin 1143–1148
Determination of refractive index, extinction coefficient and thickness of thin films by the method of waveguide mode excitation
V. I. Sokolov, N. V. Marusin, V. Ya. Panchenko, A. G. Savelyev, V. N. Seminogov, E. V. Khaidukov 1149–1153
Fabrication-tolerant integrated polarisation splitter based on cascaded Mach–Zehnder interferometers
A. Yu. Koshelev, A. Yu. Gol’tsov 1154–1158
Laser beams
High-precision method for determining the position of laser beam focal plane
Ya. I. Malashko, A. N. Kleimenov, I. B. Potemkin, V. M. Khabibulin 1159–1164
Optical coherence tomography
Method of optical coherence tomography with parallel depth-resolved signal reception and fibre-optic phase modulators
A. N. Morozov, I. V. Turchin 1165–1169
Laser deposition of thin films
A simple solution to the problem of effective utilisation of the target material for pulsed laser deposition of thin films
A. S. Kuzanyan, A. A. Kuzanyan, V. A. Petrosyan, S. Kh. Pilosyan, A. Z. Grasyuk 1170–1174
Optical pumping
Comparative study of alkali-vapour cells with alkane-, alkeneand 1-nonadecylbenzene-based antirelaxation wall coatings
M. V. Balabas, O. Yu. Tretiak 1175–1178