Letters
Femtosecond fibre laser with a hybrid linear — ring cavity
V. I. Denisov, A. V. Ivanenko, B. N. Nyushkov, V. S. Pivtsov 801–802
A Cr2+:CdS laser tunable between 2.2 and 3.3 μm
V. A. Akimov, V. I. Kozlovsky, Yu. V. Korostelin, A. I. Landman, Yu. P. Podmar’kov, Ya. K. Skasyrsky, M. P. Frolov 803–804
Active media. Lasers
Diode-array-pumped repetitively pulsed neodymium phosphate glass laser
A. P. Bogatov, A. E. Drakin, D. R. Miftakhutdinov, G. T. Mikayelyan, A. N. Starodub 805–812
Spectra, temporal structure, and angular directivity of laser radiation of a Yb:YAG crystal and ytterbium glass pumped by low-coherence radiation from a F2+:LiF colour centre laser
N. E. Bykovskii, Yu. V. Senatsky 813–822
Study of a helium laser pumped by a pulsed electron beam generated in an open discharge
E. V. Bel’skaya, P. A. Bokhan, D. È. Zakrevskii 823–828
Emission of zinc selenide plates excited by a pulsed electric field
K. V. Berezhnoi, A. S. Nasibov, P. V. Shapkin, V. G. Shpak, S. A. Shunailov, M. I. Yalandin 829–832
Influence of small oxygen additions on the small-signal-gain dynamics in the active medium of a pulsed electron-beam-controlled discharge CO laser
A. A. Ionin, Yu. M. Klimachev, A. Yu. Kozlov, A. A. Kotkov, A. K. Kurnosov, A. P. Napartovich, S. L. Shnyrev 833–839
Neodymium-doped laser yttrium oxide ceramics
S. N. Bagayev, V. V. Osipov, M. G. Ivanov, V. I. Solomonov, V. V. Platonov, A. N. Orlov, A. V. Rasuleva, V. V. Ivanov, A. S. Kaigorodov, V. R. Khrustov, S. M. Vatnik, I. A. Vedin, A. P. Maiorov, E. V. Pestryakov, A. V. Shestakov, A. V. Salkov 840–844
Control of laser radiation parameters
Influence of the phase difference of coupling coefficients of counterpropagating waves on relaxation oscillations in the self-modulation regime of a solid-state ring laser
I. I. Zolotoverkh 845–848
Nonlinear optical phenomena
Phase conjugation upon SBS of a focused laser speckle beam
V. A. Bogachev, G. G. Kochemasov, F. A. Starikov 849–854
Generation of difference-frequency radiation in the far- and mid-IR ranges in a two-chip laser based on gallium arsenide on a germanium substrate
V. Ya. Aleshkin, A. A. Dubinov 855–858
Solitons. Breathers
Role of the local response of a photorefractive medium in the formation of a spatial screened soliton
S. A. Assel’born, N. D. Kundikova, I. V. Novikov 859–861
Polarisation effects in the formation of optical breathers at the inhomogeneously broadened J = 0 → J = 1 quantum transition
A. V. Volkov, O. M. Parshkov 862–868
Laser plasma
Instability of a plasma produced by laser-induced ionisation of a target
I. A. Andriyash, V. Yu. Bychenkov 869–873
Fibreoptic communication
Error statistics during the propagation of short optical pulses in a high-speed fibreoptic communication line
E. G. Shapiro 874–876
Optical waveguides
Application of the theory of coupled waves for analysis of inclined reflectors in optical waveguides
E. A. Kolosovskii, A. V. Tsarev 877–883
Laser cooling
Measurement of the lifetime of rubidium atoms in a dark magneto-optical trap
O. I. Permyakova, A. V. Yakovlev, P. L. Chapovskii 884–888
Lidars
Reconstruction of the wind velocity profile by the intensity fluctuations of a scattered wave in a receiving telescope
V. A. Banakh, D. A. Marakasov 889–894