Review
Application of laser photothermal spectroscopy for standoff detection of trace explosive residues on surfaces
L. A. Skvortsov, E. M. Maksimov 565–578
Lasers
Stimulated emission from optically pumped quantum dots
A. A. Andronov, Yu. N. Nozdrin, A. V. Okomel’kov, A. P. Vasil’ev, A. E. Zhukov, V. M. Ustinov 579–582
Catastrophic optical degradation of the output facet of high-power single-transverse-mode diode lasers. 1. Physical model
D. R. Miftakhutdinov, A. P. Bogatov, A. E. Drakin 583–588
Catastrophic optical degradation of the output facet of high-power single-transverse-mode diode lasers. 2. Calculation of the spatial temperature distribution and threshold of the catastrophic optical degradation
D. R. Miftakhutdinov, A. P. Bogatov, A. E. Drakin 589–595
Qualitative improvement in the lasing performance of PbGa2S4 : Dy3+ crystals through Na+ doping
T. T. Basiev, M. E. Doroshenko, V. V. Osiko, V. V. Badikov, D. V. Badikov, V. L. Panyutin, G. S. Shevyrdyaeva 596–598
Electron beam generation in open hollow-cathode discharge and the characteristics of He—Xe laser on the Xe line at λ = 2.026 μm
E. V. Bel’skaya, P. A. Bokhan, D. È. Zakrevskii 599–603
Limiting thermal regimes of active disk elements under steady-state pumping and two-dimensional temperature distribution inside the disk
A. N. Alpat’ev, D. A. Lis, V. A. Smirnov, I. A. Shcherbakov 604–614
High-power repetitively pulsed electric-discharge HF laser
V. D. Bulaev, V. S. Gusev, S. Yu. Kazantsev, I. G. Kononov, S. L. Lysenko, Yu. B. Morozov, A. N. Poznyshev, K. N. Firsov 615–618
OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS
Optimal feedback in efficient single-cavity optical parametric oscillators
V. M. Petnikova, V. V. Shuvalov 619–623
Optimal feedback in efficient ring double-cavity optical parametric oscillators
V. M. Petnikova, V. V. Shuvalov 624–628
Active media
On the temperature dependence of collisional linewidths of the 1000 — 0001 laser transition in the CO2 molecule
K. I. Arshinov, M. K. Arshinov, V. V. Nevdakh 629–632
Optical fibres
Erbium-doped aluminophosphosilicate optical fibres
M. E. Likhachev, M. M. Bubnov, K. V. Zotov, O. I. Medvedkov, D. S. Lipatov, M. V. Yashkov, A. N. Gur’yanov 633–638
Optical properties of active bismuth centres in silica fibres containing no other dopants
I. A. Bufetov, S. L. Semenov, V. V. Vel’miskin, S. V. Firstov, G. A. Bufetova, E. M. Dianov 639–641
Laser technologies
Laser deposition of multiwalled titanium oxide microtubes
A. A. Antipov, S. M. Arakelyan, S. V. Kutrovskaya, A. O. Kucherik, V. G. Prokoshev 642–646
Laser applications and other topics in quantum electronics
Analysis of the absorption spectra and spectral hole burning in zero-phonon lines of F+3 and N1 colour centres in LiF crystals
A. V. Fedorov, D. V. Martyshkin, V. V. Fedorov 647–651
Measurement of the surface wavelength distribution of narrow-band radiation by a colorimetric method
A. V. Kraĭskiĭ, T. V. Mironova, T. T. Sultanov 652–658