Invited paper
Unipolar light: existence, generation, propagation, and impact on microobjects
R. M. Arkhipov, M. V. Arkhipov, N. N. Rosanov 801–815
Lasers, active media
Numerical simulation of the divergence and optical confinement factor of a semiconductor laser with an asymmetric periodic multilayer AlGaInAs/InP waveguide
V. D. Kurnosov, K. V. Kurnosov 816–821
Lasing dynamics of diode-pumped Yb – Er laser with a passive Q switch exposed to high-power external light
E. O. Batura, Yu. K. Bobretsova, M. V. Bogdanovich, D. A. Veselov, A. V. Grigor’ev, V. N. Dudikov, A. M. Kot, N. A. Pikhtin, A. G. Ryabtsev, G. I. Ryabtsev, S. O. Slipchenko, P. V. Shpak 822–825
Relaxation oscillations in a bipolarised Nd : YAG laser with a Fabry – Perot cavity
P. A. Khandokhin 826–829
Superluminescent diodes in the spectral range of 1.5–1.6 μm based on strain-compensated AlGaInAs/InP quantum wells
D. R. Sabitov, Yu. L. Ryaboshtan, V. N. Svetogorov, A. A. Padalitsa, M. A. Ladugin, A. A. Marmalyuk, M. G. Vasil’ev, A. M. Vasil’ev, Yu. O. Kostin, A. A. Shelyakin 830–833
Nonlinear optical phenomena
Decreasing the amplitude of macroscopic quantum fluctuations in the case of transient SRS
N. V. Didenko, A. V. Konyashchenko, L. L. Losev 834–837
Interaction of laser radiation with matter. Laser plasma
Generation of a quasi-static magnetic field by a circularly polarised laser pulse due to tunnelling gas ionisation
I. M. Gabdrakhmanov, V. Yu. Bychenkov 838–843
Integrated optics
Localised electromagnetic waves in a rhombic waveguide array with competing nonlinearities
A. I. Maimistov 844–849
Laser spectroscopy
Compact ultrastable laser system for spectroscopy of 2S1/2 → 2D3/2 quadrupole transition in 171Yb+ ion
I. V. Zalivako, I. A. Semerikov, A. S. Borisenko, M. D. Aksenov, P. A. Vishnyakov, P. L. Sidorov, N. V. Semenin, A. A. Golovizin, K. Yu. Khabarova, N. N. Kolachevsky 850–854
Nanoparticles
Synthesis of TiO2 nanoparticles decorated with gold nanoclusters using pulsed laser ablation in liquid
S. O. Gurbatov, N. Mintcheva, S. Iwamori, S. A. Kulinich, A. A. Kuchmizhak 855–860
Effect of the magnetic field on the size of nanoparticles obtained by ablation of a cobalt – copper target in a liquid
Yu. S. Tver’yanovich, G. O. Abdrashitov, L. G. Menchikov 861–865
Atmospheric optics
Peculiarities of adaptive phase correction of optical wave distortions under conditions of ‘strong’ intensity fluctuations
V. P. Lukin, N. N. Botygina, O. N. Emaleev, V. V. Lavrinov 866–875
Role of water vapour in the absorption of nanosecond 266-nm laser pulses by atmospheric air
A. N. Kuryak, B. A. Tikhomirov 876–881
Fibre-optic sensors
Measurement accuracy and spatial resolution of a distributed temperature sensor based on a two-pulse differential coherent reflectometer
T. O. Lukashova, O. E. Nanii, S. P. Nikitin, V. N. Treshchikov 882–887
Laser medicine
Line curvature algorithm in laser ektacytometry of red blood cells
S. Yu. Nikitin, V. D. Ustinov, S. D. Shishkin, M. S. Lebedeva 888–894