Lasers
Laser system emitting 100 mJ in Laguerre–Gaussian modes
V. Kh. Bagdasarov, S. V. Garnov, N. N. Denisov, A. A. Malyutin, Yu. V. Dolgopolov, A. V. Kopalkin, F. A. Starikov 785–788
Far-red polyurethane-host solid-state dye laser
S. V. Nikolaev, V. V. Pozhar, M. I. Dzyubenko, A. O. Doroshenko 789–792
Narrow-band double-pass superluminescent diodes emitting at 1060 nm
A. A. Lobintsov, M. V. Perevozchikov, M. V. Shramenko, S. D. Yakubovich 793–796
Gas laser for efficient sustaining a continuous optical discharge plasma in scientific and technological applications
V. P. Zimakov, V. A. Kuznetsov, A. Yu. Kedrov, N. G. Solov’ev, A. N. Shemyakin, M. Yu. Yakimov 797–801
Diode-pumped two-frequency lasers based on c-cut vanadate crystals
A. A. Sirotkin, S. V. Garnov, A. I. Zagumennyi, Yu. D. Zavartsev, S. A. Kutovoi, V. I. Vlasov, I. A. Shcherbakov 802–806
Amplification of laser radiation in disk Yb:YAG crystals cooled down to the liquid nitrogen temperature
E. A. Perevezentsev, I. B. Mukhin, O. V. Palashov, E. A. Khazanov 807–813
Active media
Nonlinear thermally induced distortions of a laser beam in a cryogenic disk amplifier
A. G. Vyatkin, E. A. Khazanov 814–820
Deactivation of krypton atoms in the metastable 5s(3P2) state in collisions with krypton and argon atoms
D. A. Zayarnyi, A. Yu. L’dov, I. V. Kholin 821–824
Simulation of an X-ray laser in the transient gain-saturation regime
F. A. Starikov, V. A. Volkov, P. D. Gasparyan, V. I. Roslov 825–829
Measurement of parametrs of laser radiation
Opto-acoustic measurement of the local light absorption coefficient in turbid media: 1. Monte-Carlo simulation of laser fluence distribution at the beam axis beneath the surface of a turbid medium
I. M. Pelivanov, M. D. Barskaya, N. B. Podymova, T. D. Khokhlova, A. A. Karabutov 830–834
Opto-acoustic measurement of the local light absorption coefficient in turbid media: 2. On the possibility of light absorption coefficient measurement in a turbid medium from the amplitude of the opto-acoustic signal
I. M. Pelivanov, M. D. Barskaya, N. B. Podymova, T. D. Khokhlova, A. A. Karabutov 835–838
Reflection and absorption of a p-polarised wave by a metal with a nonuniform electron temperature
A. P. Kanavin, C. N. Mishchik, S. A. Uryupin 839–844
Nonlinear optical phenomena
Numerical simulation of nonstationary effects of radiation polarisation for the Λ interaction scheme in the case of degenerate energy levels
A. V. Volkov, N. A. Druzhinina, O. M. Parshkov 845–852
Experimental observation of stochastic resonance in a solid-state ring laser in the absence of bistability
I. I. Zolotoverkh, N. V. Kravtsov, E. G. Lariontsev, V. V. Firsov, S. N. Chekina 853–856
Optical fibres
Optical properties of fibres with aluminophosphosilicate glass cores
M. M. Bubnov, A. N. Gur’yanov, K. V. Zotov, L. D. Iskhakova, S. V. Lavrishchev, D. S. Lipatov, M. E. Likhachev, A. A. Rybaltovsky, V. F. Khopin, M. V. Yashkov, E. M. Dianov 857–862
Propagation of laser radiation in matter
A phase screen model for simulating numerically the propagation of a laser beam in rain
I. P. Lukin, D. S. Rychkov, A. V. Falits, Lai Kin Seng, Liu Min Rong 863–868
Laser applications and other topics in quantum electronics
Measurements of gas parameters in plasma-assisted supersonic combustion processes using diode laser spectroscopy
M. A. Bol’shov, Yu. A. Kuritsyn, V. V. Liger, V. R. Mironenko, S. B. Leonov, D. A. Yarantsev 869–878