Letters
A new bismuth-doped fibre laser, emitting in the range 1625 – 1775 nm
E. M. Dianov, S. V. Firstov, S. V. Alyshev, K. E. Riumkin, A. V. Shubin, V. F. Khopin, A. N. Gur’yanov, O. I. Medvedkov, M. A. Mel’kumov 503–504
Room-temperature high-energy Fe2+:ZnSe laser
E. M. Gavrishchuk, S. Yu. Kazantsev, I. G. Kononov, S. A. Rodin, K. N. Firsov 505–506
Extreme light fields and their applications
Development of a prototype compact fibre frequency synthesiser for mobile femtosecond optical clocks
V. S. Pivtsov, B. N. Nyushkov, I. I. Korel’, N. A. Koliada, S. A. Farnosov, V. I. Denisov 507–514
Secondary laser cooling and capturing of thulium atoms in traps
D. D. Sukachev, E. S. Kalganova, A. V. Sokolov, S. A. Fedorov, G. A. Vishnyakova, A. V. Akimov, N. N. Kolachevsky, V. N. Sorokin 515–520
Precision spectroscopy of Mg atoms in a magneto-optical trap
A. N. Goncharov, A. E. Bonert, D. V. Brazhnikov, A. M. Shilov, S. N. Bagayev 521–526
Laser system for Doppler cooling of ytterbium ion in an optical frequency standard
S. V. Chepurov, A. A. Lugovoy, S. N. Kuznetsov 527–529
Generation of negative pressures and spallation phenomena in diamond exposed to a picosecond laser pulse
S. A. Abrosimov, A. P. Bazhulin, A. P. Bol’shakov, V. I. Konov, I. K. Krasyuk, P. P. Pashinin, V. G. Ral’chenko, A. Yu. Semenov, D. N. Sovyk, I. A. Stuchebryukhov, V. E. Fortov, K. V. Khishchenko, A. A. Khomich 530–534
Ablation and nanostructuring of metals by femtosecond laser pulses
S. I. Ashitkov, P. S. Komarov, A. V. Ovchinnikov, E. V. Struleva, V. V. Zhakhovskii, N. A. Inogamov, M. B. Agranat 535–539
Mechanisms of formation of sub- and micrometre-scale holes in thin metal films by single nano- and femtosecond laser pulses
P. A. Danilov, D. A. Zayarnyi, A. A. Ionin, S. I. Kudryashov, S. V. Makarov, A. A. Rudenko, V. I. Yurovskikh, Yu. N. Kulchin, O. B. Vitrik, A. A. Kuchmizhak, E. A. Drozdova, S. B. Odinokov 540–546
Giant optical nonlinearity of plasmonic nanostructures
P. N. Melent’ev, A. E. Afanas’ev, V. I. Balykin 547–551
Effect of deuterium substitution for hydrogen in surface functionalisation of hydrophilic nanosilicon particles on their spectral and dynamic properties
V. O. Kompanets, S. V. Chekalin, S. G. Dorofeev, N. N. Kononov, P. Yu. Barzilovich, A. A. Ischenko 552–555
Surface nanostructuring by bichromatic femtosecond laser pulses through a colloidal particle array
N. M. Bityurin, A. V. Afanas’ev, V. I. Bredikhin, A. V. Pikulin, I. E. Ilyakov, B. V. Shishkin, R. A. Akhmedzhanov, E. N. Gorshkova 556–562
Lidar sensing of the atmosphere with gigawatt laser pulses of femtosecond duration
O. A. Bukin, M. Yu. Babii, S. S. Golik, A. A. Il’in, A. M. Kabanov, A. V. Kolesnikov, Yu. N. Kulchin, V. V. Lisitsa, G. G. Matvienko, V. K. Oshlakov, K. A. Shmirko 563–569
Plasma channels in a filament of a femtosecond laser pulse focused by an axicon
S. V. Chekalin, A. E. Dokukina, E. O. Smetanina, V. O. Kompanets, V. P. Kandidov 570–576
Filamentation of a phase-modulated pulse under conditions of normal, anomalous and zero group velocity dispersion
S. V. Chekalin, E. O. Smetanina, A. I. Spirkov, V. O. Kompanets, V. P. Kandidov 577–584
Multiwatt lasing of Nd:YAG laser ceramics containing 0.8% and 1% of Nd
S. M. Vatnik, V. V. Osipov, K. E. Luk’yashin, V. B. Kravchenko, Yu. L. Kopylov, I. A. Vedin, P. F. Kurbatov 585–587
Measurement of energy spectra of small-angle scattering and distribution of optical microinhomogeneities in laser ceramics
P. E. Tverdokhleb, Yu. A. Shepetkin, I. Sh. Steinberg, S. M. Vatnik, A. Yu. Belikov, I. A. Vedin, P. F. Kurbatov 588–593
Noncontact microsurgery and delivery of substances into stem cells by means of femtosecond laser pulses
I. V. Il’ina, A. V. Ovchinnikov, D. S. Sitnikov, O. V. Chefonov, M. B. Agranat 594–598
Nonlinear optical phenomena
Two-photon absorption in SiO2- and (SiO2 + GeO2)-based fibres at a wavelength of 349 nm
D. S. Chunaev, A. Ya. Karasik 599–601
Visualiser of two-micron laser radiation based on Ho:CaF2 crystals
A. A. Lyapin, P. A. Ryabochkina, S. N. Ushakov, P. P. Fedorov 602–605
Fibre-optic communication lines
Soliton communication lines based on spectrally efficient modulation formats
O. V. Yushko, A. A. Redyuk 606–611
Obituary
To the memory of Aleksandr Alekseevich Manenkov
F. V. Bunkin, E. M. Dianov, G. M. Zverev, V. I. Konov, O. N. Krokhin, V. V. Osiko, P. P. Pashinin, I. A. Shcherbakov 612