Review
Laser photothermal spectroscopy of light-induced absorption
L. A. Skvortsov 1–13
Nonlinear optical phenomena
Characteristics of surface photorefractive waves in a nonlinear SBN-75 crystal coated with a metal film
J. Kh. Nurligareev, B. A. Usievich, V. A. Sychugov, L. I. Ivleva 14–20
Small-scale instability of elliptically polarised waves in a medium with cubic nonlinearity
M. S. Kuz’mina, E. A. Khazanov 21–28
Filamentation of IR and UV femtosecond pulses upon focusing in air
A. A. Dergachev, A. A. Ionin, V. P. Kandidov, L. V. Seleznev, D. V. Sinitsyn, E. S. Sunchugasheva, S. A. Shlenov 29–36
Comparative analysis of the use of various solid-state laser media for the self-starting of four-wave PCW generation in a loop laser resonator
S. N. Smetanin 37–46
Interaction of laser radiation with matter
Spatial separation and motion of electric charges arising due to the interaction of high-power IR laser radiation with water
N. N. Il’ichev, L. A. Kulevskii, P. P. Pashinin 47–54
Laser ablation and ionisation by laser plasma radiation in the atmospheric-pressure mass spectrometry of organic compounds
A. V. Pento, S. M. Nikiforov, Ya. O. Simanovsky, A. A. Grechnikov, S. S. Alimpiev 55–59
Lasers
Ceramic planar waveguide structures for amplifiers and lasers
V. A. Konyushkin, A. N. Nakladov, D. V. Konyushkin, M. E. Doroshenko, V. V. Osiko, A. Ya. Karasik 60–62
Nanocomposites
Random lasing in a nanocomposite medium
S. N. Smetanin, T. T. Basiev 63–70
Quantum dots
Optical absorptions of the low-lying states with higher angular momenta of a D– system in a spherical quantum dot
Wenfang Xie 71–75
Features of the electronic spectrum in a type-I core – shell quantum dot
S. E. Igoshina, A. A. Karmanov 76–78
Laser spectroscopy
Determination of local concentration of H2O molecules and gas temperature in the process of hydrogen – oxygen gas mixture heating by means of linear and nonlinear laser spectroscopy
D. N. Kozlov, V. D. Kobtsev, O. M. Stel’makh, V. V. Smirnov, E. V. Stepanov 79–86
Holographic memory
Method of computer generation and projection recording of microholograms for holographic memory systems: mathematical modelling and experimental implementation
A. Yu. Betin, V. I. Bobrinev, N. N. Evtikhiev, A. Yu. Zherdev, E. Yu. Zlokazov, D. S. Lushnikov, V. V. Markin, S. B. Odinokov, S. N. Starikov, R. S. Starikov 87–89
Laser methods in biology
Laser beam scattering on an inhomogeneous ensemble of elliptical discs modelling red blood cells in an ectacytometer
S. Yu. Nikitin, M. A. Kormacheva, A. V. Priezzhev, A. E. Lugovtsov 90–93
Bibliography
About the book “Negative Refraction of Waves” by O. D. Vol’pyan and A. I. Kuzmichev (Kiev – Moscow: Avers, 2012, – 359 p., 203 references)
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