Review
Stretchers and compressors for ultra-high power laser systems
I. V. Yakovlev 393–414
Lasers
Optimisation of wide-band parametric amplification stages of a femtosecond laser system with coherent combining of fields
S. N. Bagayev, V. I. Trunov, E. V. Pestryakov, V. E. Leshchenko, S. A. Frolov, V. A. Vasil’ev 415–425
Laser amplifier based on a neodymium glass rod 150 mm in diameter
A. A. Shaikin, A. P. Fokin, A. A. Soloviev, A. A. Kuzmin, I. A. Shaikin, K. F. Burdonov, A. V. Charukhchev, E. A. Khazanov 426–430
Ti:sapphire/KrF hybrid laser system generating trains of subterawatt subpicosecond UV pulses
V. D. Zvorykin, A. A. Ionin, A. O. Levchenko, G. A. Mesyats, L. V. Seleznev, D. V. Sinitsyn, N. N. Ustinovskii, A. V. Shutov 431–439
Control of the shape of laser pulses amplified in the strong saturation regime
A. A. Shaikin 440–443
A highly efficient, compact Yb:KYW laser for mobile precision systems
S. A. Kuznetsov, V. S. Pivtsov 444–447
Nanosecond cryogenic Yb:YAG disk laser
E. A. Perevezentsev, I. B. Mukhin, I. I. Kuznetsov, O. L. Vadimova, O. V. Palashov 448–451
Multiterawatt femtosecond laser system with kilohertz pulse repetition rate
V. V. Petrov, E. V. Pestryakov, A. V. Laptev, V. A. Petrov, G. V. Kuptsov, V. I. Trunov, S. A. Frolov 452–457
Submicrojoule femtosecond erbium-doped fibre laser for the generation of dispersive waves at submicron wavelengths
L. V. Kotov, M. Yu. Koptev, E. A. Anashkina, S. V. Murav’ev, A. V. Andrianov, M. M. Bubnov, A. D. Ignat’ev, D. S. Lipatov, A. N. Gur’yanov, M. E. Likhachev, A. V. Kim 458–464
Interaction of radiation with matter
A study of ionisation of free and clustered molecules under the action of femtosecond laser radiation
V. M. Apatin, V. O. Kompanets, V. N. Lokhman, N. D. Ogurok, D. G. Poidashev, E. A. Ryabov, S. V. Chekalin 465–469
On the possibility of the generation of high harmonics with photon energies greater than 10 keV upon interaction of intense mid-IR radiation with neutral gases
A. S. Emelina, M. Yu. Emelin, M. Yu. Ryabikin 470–477
Simulation of the generation of the characteristic X-ray emission under vacuum heating of cluster electrons by a femtosecond laser pulse
O. F. Kostenko 478–483
Tunable coherent soft X-ray source based on the generation of high-order harmonic of femtosecond laser radiation in gas-filled capillaries
Yu. A. Malkov, D. A. Yashunin, A. M. Kiselev, N. E. Andreev, A. N. Stepanov 484–488
Influence of the laser beam size on the length of a filament formed by high-power femtosecond laser radiation in air
Yu. È. Geints, S. S. Golik, A. A. Zemlyanov, A. M. Kabanov, G. G. Matvienko 489–497
Generation of short gamma-ray pulses on electron bunches formed in intense interfering laser beams with tilted fronts
V. V. Korobkin, M. Yu. Romanovsky, V. A. Trofimov, O. B. Shiryaev 498–502