Lasers
Efficient lasing in Yb:(YLa)2O3 ceramics
I. L. Snetkov, I. B. Mukhin, S. S. Balabanov, D. A. Permin, O. V. Palashov 95–97
Picosecond lasing in ytterbium fibre laser with nonlinear optical loop mirror: experiment and numerical simulation
A. A. Borodkin, D. V. Khudyakov, S. K. Vartapetov 98–101
Absorption and luminescence characteristics of 5I7 ↔ 5I8 transitions of the holmium ion in Ho3+-doped aluminosilicate preforms and fibres
P. A. Ryabochkina, A. N. Chabushkin, A. F. Kosolapov, A. S. Kurkov 102–104
Terahertz radiation
Stimulated emission on impurity – band optical transitions in semiconductors
N. A. Bekin, V. N. Shastin 105–112
Terahertz lasers based on intracentre transitions of group V donors in uniaxially deformed silicon
K. A. Kovalevsky, N. V. Abrosimov, R. Kh. Zhukavin, S. G. Pavlov, H. -W. Hübers, V. V. Tsyplenkov, V. N. Shastin 113–120
Nonlinear optical phenomena
Parametric generation of broadband biphotons in a periodic sequence of thin crystals
E. G. Lariontsev 121–127
Polarisation analysis of optimal conditions for stationary second-harmonic generation in a solid-state laser
P. A. Khandokhin, Yu. A. Mamaev 128–130
Spectral shape of a signal in light-induced diffusive pulling (pushing) of particles into a light beam
A. I. Parkhomenko, A.M. Shalagin 131–135
Propagation of frequency-modulated pulses in active one-dimensional photonic crystals
I. O. Zolotovskii, D. A. Korobko, V. A. Ostatochnikov 136–142
Light scattering
Wavefront analysis of the laser beam propagating through a turbid medium
I. V. Galaktionov, Yu. V. Sheldakova, A. V. Kudryashov 143–144
Modelling of radiative transfer by the Monte Carlo method and solving the inverse problem based on a genetic algorithm according to experimental results of aerosol sensing on short paths using a femtosecond laser source
G. G. Matvienko, V. K. Oshlakov, A. N. Stepanov, A. Ya. Sukhanov 145–152
Optical-beam wavefront control based on the atmospheric backscatter signal
V. A. Banakh, V. V. Zhmylevskii, A. B. Ignat’ev, V. V. Morozov, I. A. Razenkov, A. P. Rostov, R. Sh. Tsvyk 153–160
Diffraction of radiation
Spatial and spectral image distortions caused by diffraction of an ordinary polarised light beam by an ultrasonic wave
A. S. Machikhin, V. È. Pozhar 161–165
Laser spectroscopy
Spectroscopy of intercombination transition 1S0 – 3P1 for secondary cooling of strontium atoms
K. Yu. Khabarova, A. A. Galyshev, S. A. Strelkin, A. S. Kostin, G. S. Belotelov, O. I. Berdasov, A. Gribov, N. N. Kolachevsky, S. N. Slyusarev 166–170
Laser Gyroscopes
Zeeman laser gyroscopes
V. V. Azarova, Yu. D. Golyaev, I. I. Saveliev 171–179
Optical transmission and laser ablation of pathologically changed eye lens capsule
A. A. Gamidov, A. V. Bolshunov, A. V. Yuzhakov, E. M. Shcherbakov, O. I. Baum, È. N. Sobol’ 180–184
UV – VUV emitters
Characteristics of a nanosecond-barrier-discharge-pumped multiwave UV – VUV lamp on a mixture of argon, krypton and vapours of freon
A. K. Shuaibov, A. I. Minya, R. V. Hrytsak, Z. T. Gomoki 185–188