Review
Quantum cryptography and combined schemes of quantum cryptography communication networks
A. Yu. Bykovsky, I. N. Kompanets 777–801
Lasers
Lasing characteristic of new Russian laser ceramics
V. V. Bezotosnyi, V. V. Balashov, V. D. Bulaev, A. A. Kaminskii, A. Yu. Kanaev, V. B. Kravchenko, A. V. Kiselev, Yu. L. Kopylov, A. L. Koromyslov, O. N. Krokhin, K. V. Lopukhin, S. L. Lysenko, M. A. Pankov, K. A. Polevov, Yu. M. Popov, E. A. Cheshev, I. M. Tupitsyn 802–806
Modelling the spectral characteristics of 1.5–1.6 μm high-power asymmetric-waveguide single-mode laser diodes
V. D. Kurnosov, K. V. Kurnosov 807–812
Subpicosecond pulse generation above 2 μm in longitudinally inhomogeneous single-mode fibres
I. O. Zolotovskii, D. A. Korobko, V. Rastogi, D. A. Stolyarov, A. A. Sysolyatin 813–817
Generation of subpicosecond pulses due to the development of modulation instability of whispering-gallery-mode wave packets in an optical waveguide with a travelling refractive-index wave
I. O. Zolotovskii, D. A. Korobko, V. A. Lapin, P. P. Moronov, D. I. Sementsov, A. A. Fotiadi, M. S. Yavtushenko 818–822
Nonlinear optical phenomena
Observation of stimulated thermal scattering of light upon nonsteady-state interaction between a laser pulse and a medium
A. A. Gordeev, V. F. Efimkov, I. G. Zubarev, S. I. Mikhailov 823–825
Interaction of laser radiation with matter. Laser plasma
Temporal dynamics of air plasma glow under different focusing conditions of a femtosecond radiation pulse
N. G. Ivanov, V. F. Losev, V. E. Prokop’ev 826–832
Quantum electrodynamic cascade structure in a standing linearly polarised wave
A. V. Bashinov, P. Kumar, A. V. Kim 833–842
Quantum cryptography
Role of intensity fluctuations in quantum cryptography with coherent states
D. A. Kronberg, Yu. V. Kurochkin 843–848
Terahertz radiation
Continuous-wave laser generation of THz slow surface plasmons in an array of single-walled carbon nanotubes
S. A. Afanas’ev, I. O. Zolotovskii, A. S. Kadochkin, S. G. Moiseev, V. V. Svetukhin, A. A. Pavlov 849–853
Integrated optics
Planar waveguide structures based on SrF2 : Ho, Er, Tm. Dependence of the refractive index on the dopant concentration
A. Ya. Karasik, V. A. Konyushkin, A. N. Nakladov, D. S. Chunaev 854–855
Organic photonics
Optical and photoelectric properties of multichromic cyanine dye J-aggregates
B. I. Shapiro, A. D. Nekrasov, E. V. Manulik, V. S. Krivobok, V. S. Lebedev 856–866
Laser applications and other topics in quantum electronics
Comparative analysis of waveguide plasmon–polariton refractometers based on excitation of surface, symmetric, and antisymmetric plasmon modes
A. V. Dyshlyuk, O. B. Vitrik, Yu. N. Kulchin 867–878