Lasers
AlGaAs/GaAs laser diode bars (λ = 808 nm) with improved thermal stability
A. A. Marmalyuk, M. A. Ladugin, A. Yu. Andreev, K. Yu. Telegin, I. V. Yarotskaya, A. S. Meshkov, V. P. Konyaev, S. M. Sapozhnikov, E. I. Lebedeva, V. A. Simakov 895–897
Longitudinal discharge pumped low-pressure XeCl laser
A. I. Fedorov 898–902
Efficient single-mode (TEM00) Nd : YVO4 laser with longitudinal 808-nm diode pumping
V. I. Donin, D. V. Yakovin, M. D. Yakovin 903–906
Effect of thermal processes on critical operation conditions of high-power laser diodes
V. V. Parashchuk, Doan Mien Vu 907–913
Fibre ring cavity semiconductor laser
V. P. Duraev, S. V. Medvedev 914–916
Control of laser radiation parameters
Stochastic resonance at a subharmonic of a periodic modulation signal in solid-state lasers
N. V. Kravtsov, E. G. Lariontsev, S. N. Chekina 917–919
Semiconductor laser with a birefringent external cavity for information systems with wavelength division multiplexing
V. D. Paranin, S. A. Matyunin, K. N. Tukmakov 920–922
S – C – L triple wavelength superluminescent source based on an ultra-wideband SOA and FBGs
H. Ahmad, M. Z. Zulkifli, N. A. Hassan, F. D. Muhammad, S. W. Harun 923–926
Nonlinear optical phenomena
Self-diffraction of ultrashort laser pulses under resonant excitation of excitons in a colloidal solution of CdSe/ZnS quantum dots
V. S. Dneprovskii, M. V. Kozlova, A. M. Smirnov 927–930
Laser beams
An Airy beam as a self-similar solution to the problem of slit laser beam propagation in a linear medium and in a photorefractive crystal with diffusion nonlinearity
V. A. Makarov, V. M. Petnikova, V. V. Shuvalov 931–935
Components of laser devices
Influence of cubic nonlinearity on compensation of thermally induced polarisation distortions in Faraday isolators
M. S. Kuz’mina, E. A. Khazanov 936–942
Interaction of laser radiation with matter. Laser plasma
Plasma formation on a metal surface under combined action of laser and microwave radiation
A. P. Gavrilyuk, N. Ya. Shaparev 943–948
Optical fields
Longitudinal correlation properties of an optical field with broad angular and frequency spectra and their manifestation in interference microscopy
D. V. Lyakin, V. P. Ryabukho 949–957
Terahertz radiation
Application of THz probe radiation in low-coherent tomographs based on spatially separated counterpropagating beams
I. I. Kuritsyn, V. I. Mandrosov, A. P. Shkurinov, M. M. Nazarov, O. P. Cherkasova 958–967
Interferometry of radiation
Noise power spectral density of a fibre scattered-light interferometer with a semiconductor laser source
A. E. Alekseev, V. T. Potapov 968–973
Biophotonics
Dynamic OCT monitoring and quantification of light penetration enhancement for normal, benign and cancerous human lung tissues at different concentrations of glycerol
Shu-wen Tan, Ying Jin, Hui Yu, Guo-yong Wu 974–978
Light scattering by a rough surface of human skin. 2. Diffuse reflectance
V. V. Barun, A. P. Ivanov 979–987
Obituary
In Memory of Gennadii Alekseevich Kirillov (25 July 1933 – 22 September 2013)
S. D. Velikanov, B. A. Vyskubenko, S. G. Garanin, R. I. Ilkaev, V. E. Kostyukov, G. G. Kochemasov, A. I. Kuryapin, V. M. Murugov, V. T. Punin, M. V. Sinitsyn, S. A. Sukharev, V. D. Urlin, A. I. Funtikov, A. Z. Grasyuk, I. G. Zubarev, V. S. Zuev, O. N. Krokhin, L. D. Mikheev, O. Yu. Nosach 988