Control of laser pulse parameters
Control over the performance characteristics of a passively mode-locked erbium-doped fibre ring laser
M. A. Chernysheva, A. A. Krylov, A. A. Ogleznev, N. R. Arutyunyan, A. S. Pozharov, E. D. Obraztsova, E. M. Dianov 691–698
Amplitude and phase modulation of radiation in a travelling-wave amplifier based on a laser diode
A. P. Bogatov, N. V. D’yachkov, A. E. Drakin, T. I. Gushchik 699–705
Selection of linear-cavity fibre laser radiation using a reflection interferometer
V. S. Terentyev, V. A. Simonov 706–710
Compression of femtosecond pulses with a Gaussian temporal and spatial intensity distribution
S. Yu. Mironov, V. V. Lozhkarev, E. A. Khazanov, G. Mourou 711–714
Influence of the voltage pulse front shortening on the pulse repetition rate in a copper vapour laser
P. A. Bokhan, P. P. Gugin, D. È. Zakrevskii, M. A. Lavrukhin, M. A. Kazaryan, N. A. Lyabin 715–719
Active media
Quenching of krypton atoms in the metastable 5s (3P2) state in collisions with krypton and helium atoms
D. A. Zayarnyi, A. Yu. L’dov, I. V. Kholin 720–724
Nonlinear optical phenomena
Power limitations and pulse distortions in an Yb : KGW chirped-pulse amplification laser system
G. H. Kim, J. H. Yang, A. V. Kulik, E. G. Sall’, S. A. Chizhov, V. E. Yashin, U. Kang 725–730
Interaction of laser radiation with matter
Effect of laser pulse repetition frequency on the optical breakdown threshold of quartz glass
T. V. Kononenko, S. Schöneseiffen, V. I. Konov, F. Dausinger 731–734
Resonance laser-plasma excitation of coherent terahertz phonons in the bulk of fluorine-bearing crystals under high-intensity femtosecond laser irradiation
F. V. Potemkin, E. I. Mareev, P. M. Mikheev, N. G. Khodakovskii 735–739
Elements of laser devices
Permanent-magnet Faraday isolator with the field intensity of 25 kOe
E. A. Mironov, I. L. Snetkov, A. V. Voitovich, O. V. Palashov 740–743
Integrated optical waveguides
Analysis of light propagation for a crossing of thin silicon wires using vertical tunnelling coupling with a thick optical channel waveguide
A. V. Tsarev, E. A. Kolosovskii 744–750
Optical radiation sources
Broadband superluminescent diodes with bell-shaped spectra emitting in the range from 800 to 900 nm
E. V. Andreeva, S. N. Il’ichenko, Yu. O. Kostin, M. A. Ladugin, P. I. Lapin, A. A. Marmalyuk, S. D. Yakubovich 751–756
Optical characteristics of a HgBr excilamp
A. A. Malinina, A. N. Malinin, A. K. Shuaibov 757–761
Optical coherence tomography
Enhancement of the resolution of full-field optical coherence tomography by using a colour image sensor
A. L. Kalyanov, V. V. Lychagov, I. V. Smirnov, V. P. Ryabukho 762–767
Biomedical optics
Light scattering by a rough surface of human skin. 1. The luminance factor of reflected light
V. V. Barun, A. P. Ivanov 768–776
Online quantitative analysis of multispectral images of human body tissues
S. A. Lisenko 777–784