Active media
Structural, optical, and spectroscopic properties and efficient two-micron lasing of new Tm3+:Lu2O3 ceramics
O. L. Antipov, S. Yu. Golovkin, O. N. Gorshkov, N. G. Zakharov, A. P. Zinov’ev, A. P. Kasatkin, M. V. Kruglova, M. O. Marychev, A. A. Novikov, N. V. Sakharov, E. V. Chuprunov 863–868
Lasers
Measuring the Stokes parameters of radiation of semiconductor lasers
N. V. D’yachkov, A. P. Bogatov 869–874
Nonlinear optical phenomena
Stimulated resonance Raman scattering from organic dyes in a multiple-scattering medium as a potential method for determining their vibrational spectra
V. P. Yashchuk, E. A. Tikhonov, A. O. Bukatar’, O. A. Prigodiuk, A. P. Smalyuk 875–880
Generation of difference frequencies in nonhelicoidal smectic liquid crystals
A. L. Andreev, T. B. Andreeva, I. N. Kompanets 881–885
Interaction of laser radiation with matter. Laser plasmas
Efficiency of generation of highly ionised atoms under resonance absorption of CO2-laser radiation
S. Yu. Gus’kov, N. N. Demchenko, K. N. Makarov, V. B. Rozanov, Yu. A. Satov, B. Yu. Sharkov 886–894
Criteria for formation of low-frequency sound under wide-aperture repetitively pulsed laser irradiation of solids
V. N. Tishchenko, V. G. Posukh, A. I. Gulidov, V. I. Zapryagaev, A. A. Pavlov, È. L. Boyarintsev, M. P. Golubev, I. N. Kavun, A. V. Melekhov, L. S. Golobokova, I. B. Miroshnichenko, A. A. Pavlov, A. S. Shmakov 895–900
Simulation of experimental investigations of X-ray spectral path lengths on Iskra-5 laser facility
S. A. Bel’kov, O. O. Sharov 901–905
Laser technologies
Drilling and cutting of thin metal plates in water with radiation of a repetitively pulsed Nd : YAG laser
A. F. Glova, A. Yu. Lysikov 906–910
Waveguides
Study of bifurcation processes in a multimode waveguide with statistical irregularities
A. A. Egorov 911–916
Angular distribution of light scattered from heavily doped silica fibres
V. V. Alekseev, M. E. Likhachev, M. M. Bubnov, M. Yu. Salganskii, V. F. Khopin, A. N. Gur’yanov, E. M. Dianov 917–923
Composite waveguide on a photorefractive crystal
B. A. Usievich, J. Kh. Nurligareev, V. A. Sychugov, L. I. Ivleva 924–928
Fibreoptic communication lines
Mathematical simulation of an experimental prototype of a high-speed nonreturn-to-zero differential phase-shift-keying fibre-optic communication system
A. A. Redyuk, O. V. Shtyrina, O. E. Nanii, Yu. A. Kapin, E. A. Sachalin, É. B. Titov, V. N. Treshchikov, A. A. Yaryshkin, M. P. Fedoruk 929–933
Interferometry
Enhancement of measurement sensitivity in the formation of shear interferograms of transparent plates with small residual wedging
A. I. But’, A. M. Lyalikov 934–938
Resonators
Resonator with a back deformable mirror for the formation of a beam with a given intensity distribution
V. V. Kiyko, V. I. Kislov, E. N. Ofitserov 939–944
Quantum electronic devices
LOSA-M2 aerosol Raman lidar
Yu. S. Balin, G. S. Bairashin, G. P. Kokhanenko, M. G. Klemasheva, I. É. Penner, S. V. Samoilova 945–949
Optical coherence tomography
Depth-resolved monitoring of diffusion of hyperosmotic agents in normal and malignant human esophagus tissues using optical coherence tomography in-vitro
Qingliang Zhao, Zhouyi Guo, Huajiang Wei, Hongqin Yang, Shusen Xie 950–955
Obituary
Valentin Georgievich Dmitriev
O. N. Krokhin, A. A. Kazakov, G. M. Zverev, Yu. V. Gulyaev, I. B. Kovsh, I. A. Shcherbakov, V. A. Makarov, A. S. Bugaev, N. N. Kudryavtsev, A. A. Fomichev, S. G. Grechin, A. V. Priezzhev, A. S. Semenov 956