Invited paper
Power scalable semiconductor disk lasers for frequency conversion and mode-locking
O. G. Okhotnikov 1083–1096
Active media
Excitation density distribution in electron-beam-pumped ZnSe semiconductor lasers
E. N. Donskoi, E. V. Zhdanova, A. N. Zalyalov, M. M. Zverev, S. V. Ivanov, D. V. Peregoudov, O. N. Petrushin, Yu. A. Savel’ev, I. V. Sedova, S. V. Sorokin, M. D. Tarasov, Yu. S. Shigaev 1097–1100
Probabilities of the production of vibrationally excited iodine molecules in the reaction I(2P1/2) + I2(X) → I(2P3/2) + I2(X, v > 10)
V. N. Azyazov, S. Yu. Pichugin 1101–1104
Distributions of temperature and thermoelastic stresses in a thin disk active element with an arbitrary optical density
V. A. Smirnov, I. A. Shcherbakov 1105–1109
Relaxation of the 6p 2P03/2 metastable state in a self-terminating thallium laser
P. A. Bokhan, D. È. Zakrevskii, V. A. Kim 1110–1112
Lasers. Amplifiers
A continuous-wave Fe2+:ZnSe laser
A. A. Voronov, V. I. Kozlovsky, Yu. V. Korostelin, A. I. Landman, Yu. P. Podmar’kov, Ya. K. Skasyrsky, M. P. Frolov 1113–1116
A microchip laser with intracavity second-harmonic generation
S. I. Derzhavin, D. A. Mashkovskii, V. N. Timoshkin 1117–1120
Experimental study of multipass copper vapour laser amplifiers
V. T. Karpukhin, M. M. Malikov 1121–1126
Nonlinear optical phenomena
Peculiarities of the spatial focusing of a high-power femtosecond laser pulse in air
Yu. E. Geints, A. A. Zemlyanov 1127–1134
Multicomponent cnoidal waves in cascade parametric frequency conversion
V. M. Petnikova, V. V. Shuvalov 1135–1141
Optical fibres
Visible radiation-induced connection of single-mode IR fibres in a photopolymerising composition
S. N. Mensov, Yu. V. Polushtaitsev, E. M. Dianov, M. I. Belovolov, V. B. Makhalov 1142–1146
Photoinduced and thermal reactions involving hydrogen in high-germania-core optical fibres
A. O. Rybaltovskii, V. V. Koltashev, O. I. Medvedkov, A. A. Rybaltovsky, V. O. Sokolov, S. N. Klyamkin, V. G. Plotnichenko, E. M. Dianov 1147–1154
Light pressure
Theoretical study of the light pressure force acting on a spherical dielectric particle of an arbitrary size in the interference field of two plane monochromatic electromagnetic waves
D. V. Guzatov, L. S. Gaida, A. A. Afanas’ev 1155–1162
Laser cooling
“Microwave” technique for atoms
L. A. Rivlin 1163–1165
Laser applications and other topics in quantum electronics
Speckle suppression using a liquid-crystal cell
A. L. Andreev, I. N. Kompanets, M. V. Minchenko, E. P. Pozhidaev, T. B. Andreeva 1166–1170
Measurement of optical absorption in polycrystalline CVD diamond plates by the phase photothermal method at a wavelength of 10.6 μm
A. Yu. Luk’yanov, V. G. Ral’chenko, A. V. Khomich, E. V. Serdtsev, P. V. Volkov, A. V. Savel’ev, V. I. Konov 1171–1178
An optical boiler generating singlet oxygen O2 (a1Δg)
N. I. Lipatov, A. S. Biriukov, È. S. Gulyamova 1179–1182