Lasers
Room-temperature Fe2+ : ZnS single crystal laser pumped by an electric-discharge HF laser
S. D. Velikanov, A. E. Dormidonov, N. A. Zaretskiy, S. Yu. Kazantsev, V. I. Kozlovsky, I. G. Kononov, Yu. V. Korostelin, A. A. Maneshkin, Yu. P. Podmar’kov, Ya. K. Skasyrsky, K. N. Firsov, M. P. Frolov, I. M. Yutkin 769–771
Investigation of a gain-switched Cr2+ : ZnSe laser pumped by an acousto-optic Q-switched Ho : YAG laser
Jin-He Yuan, Yi Chen, Hong-Yu Yang, B. Q. Yao, X. M. Duan, T. Y. Dai, Y. L. Ju 772–776
Threshold characteristics of a semiconductor quantum-well laser: inclusion of global electroneutrality in the structure
Z. N. Sokolova, N. A. Pikhtin, I. S. Tarasov, L. V. Asryan 777–781
Copper bromide vapour laser excited by an electron beam
P. A. Bokhan, P. P. Gugin, D. È. Zakrevskii 782–786
Superluminescent bismuth-doped fibre IR source for the range 1700 – 1750 nm
S. V. Firstov, K. E. Riumkin, V. F. Khopin, S. V. Alyshev, M. A. Mel’kumov, A. N. Gur’yanov, E. M. Dianov 787–789
Active media
Analysis of the possibility of fabricating compact combustion-driven DF lasers due to fuel preheating
Xiaoting Fang, Shengfu Yuan, Weihong Hua 790–794
Control of laser radiation parameters
Performance characteristics and output power stability of a multichannel fibre laser
A. I. Kuzmenkov, S. N. Lukinykh, O. E. Nanii, A. I. Odintsov, A. P. Smirnov, A. I. Fedoseev, V. N. Treshchikov 795–800
Simulation of picosecond pulse propagation in fibre-based radiation shaping units
G. V. Kuptsov, V. V. Petrov, A. V. Laptev, V. A. Petrov, E. V. Pestryakov 801–805
Nonlinear optical phenomena
Nonlinear processes upon two-photon interband picosecond excitation of PbWO4 crystal
V. I. Lukanin, A. Ya. Karasik 806–810
Parametric amplification of broadband radiation of a cw superluminescent diode under picosecond pumping
K. A. Vereshchagin, S. N. Il’chenko, V. B. Morozov, A. N. Olenin, V. G. Tunkin, D. V. Yakovlev, S. D. Yakubovich 811–814
Interaction of laser radiation with matter
Simulation of spatial distribution of absorbed laser energy in spherical microcapsules
Yu. E. Geints, A. A. Zemlyanov, E. K. Panina 815–820
Laser plume evolution in the process of nanopowder preparation using an ytterbium fibre laser
V. V. Osipov, G. S. Evtushenko, V. V. Lisenkov, V. V. Platonov, A. V. Podkin, E. V. Tikhonov, M. V. Trigub, K. V. Fedorov 821–828
Fiber optics
Effect of alpha and Gaussian refractive index profiles on the design of highly nonlinear optical fibre for efficient nonlinear optical signal processing
S. Selvendran, A. Sivanantharaja, S. Arivazhagan, M. Kannan 829–838
X-ray optics
X-ray reduction imaging of inclined reflective masks at critical angles
I. A. Artyukov, A. C. Busarov, A. V. Vinogradov, N. L. Popov 839–844
Method for formation of quasi-monochromatic divergent X-ray fluxes from laser-produced plasmas
A. P. Shevel’ko 845–847
Nanofocusing
Focusing of light at the nanoapex of a metal microtip located above the plane of a dielectric or metal
A. B. Petrin 848–854
Light scattering
Study of interaction of laser radiation with scattering liquid media under conditions of a varying size distribution function of suspended particles
I. N. Shiganov, D. M. Mel’nikov, M. A. Yakimova 855–859
Vavilov-Cherenkov radiation
Recording Vavilov–Cherenkov radiation in a linear accelerator using a picosecond streak camera
N. S. Vorob’ev, P. B. Gornostaev, S. M. Gurov, V. L. Dorokhov, A. E. Zubko, V. I. Lozovoi, O. I. Meshkov, D. A. Nikiforov, A. V. Smirnov, E. V. Shashkov, M. Ya. Shchelev 860–862