Letters
Lasing in diode-pumped fluoride nanostructure F2-:LiF colour centre ceramics
T. T. Basiev, M. E. Doroshenko, V. A. Konyushkin, V. V. Osiko, L. I. Ivanov, S. V. Simakov 989–990
Efficient cw lasing in a Cr2+:CdSe crystal
V. A. Akimov, V. I. Kozlovsky, Yu. V. Korostelin, A. I. Landman, Yu. P. Podmar’kov, Ya. K. Skasyrsky, M. P. Frolov 991–992
Lasers
Discrete-fibre subpicosecond oscillator—amplifier based on a Yb:KYW laser
S. M. Kobtsev, S. V. Kukarin 993–995
High-power multimode superluminescent diode emitting at 840 nm
E. V. Andreeva, D. V. Batrak, A. P. Bogatov, P. I. Lapin, V. V. Prokhorov, S. D. Yakubovich 996–1000
Influence of femtosecond superradiant pulses on spontaneous emission spectra of GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures
P. P. Vasil’ev, H. Kan, T. Hiruma 1001–1005
Control of laser radiation parameters
Phase-sensitive detection of optical resonances by using an acousto-optic modulator in the Raman–Nath diffraction mode
V. N. Baryshev, Yu. S. Domnin, L. N. Kopylov 1006–1010
Influence of the difference in polarisations of counterpropagating waves on the dynamics of solid-state ring lasers
I. I. Zolotoverkh, N. V. Kravtsov, E. G. Lariontsev, V. V. Firsov, S. N. Chekina 1011–1014
Nonlinear optical phenomena
Low- and high-frequency continuum generation by femtosecond pulses in fused silica
A. P. Sukhorukov, N. Yu. Vislobokov 1015–1020
Nonunidirectional amplification of a weak light wave upon two-wave interaction in uniaxial photorefractive crystals with different recording mechanisms of the refractive index grating
R. V. Litvinov 1021–1026
Spectral dependence of absorption photoinduced in a Bi12TiO20 crystal by 532-nm laser pulses
A. L. Tolstik, A. Yu. Matusevich, M. G. Kisteneva, S. M. Shandarov, S. I. Itkin, A. E. Mandel’, Yu. F. Kargin, Yu. N. Kulchin, R. V. Romashko 1027–1032
Second harmonic generation of femtosecond radiation from a Cr:forsterite laser in a nonlinear-optical crystal at the plasma-formation threshold
V. M. Gordienko, V. A. Dyakov, P. M. Mikheev, V. S. Syrtsov 1033–1037
Control of the spectral and coherent properties of a supercontinuum with pronounced soliton structures in the spectrum by using phase-modulated femtosecond pump pulses
S. M. Kobtsev, S. V. Kukarin, S. V. Smirnov, N. V. Fateev 1038–1042
Interaction of laser radiation with matter. Laser plasma
Photoinduced laser etching of a diamond surface
V. V. Kononenko, M. S. Komlenok, S. M. Pimenov, V. I. Konov 1043–1046
Dynamics of surface processes in a transparent dielectric exposed to laser radiation
S. V. Vasil’ev, V. I. Nedolugov 1047–1050
Formation of nanostructures at the glass-carbon surface exposed to laser radiation
D. V. Abramov, M. N. Gerke, A. O. Kucherik, S. V. Kutrovskaya, V. G. Prokoshev, S. M. Arakelyan 1051–1054
Modification of metal film structure by radiation from a diode-pumped solid-state laser for improving the output parameters of high-power laser diodes
V. V. Bezotosnyi, V. Yu. Bondarev, V. I. Kovalenko, O. N. Krokhin, V. F. Pevtsov, Yu. M. Popov, V. N. Tokarev, E. A. Cheshev 1055–1059
Charge exchange of multiply charged laser plasma ions with rare-gas jet atoms
I. L. Beigman, V. E. Levashov, K. N. Mednikov, A. S. Pirozhkov, E. N. Ragozin, I. Yu. Tolstikhina 1060–1064
Waveguides and resonators
Formation of a non-Gaussian intensity profile in a waveguide quasi-optical resonator with an aspherical reflector
A. V. Volodenko, O. V. Gurin, A. V. Degtyarev, V. A. Maslov, V. A. Svich, A. N. Topkov 1065–1070
Laser spectroscopy
Intracavity laser spectroscopy by using a Fe2+:ZnSe laser
V. A. Akimov, A. A. Voronov, V. I. Kozlovsky, Yu. V. Korostelin, A. I. Landman, Yu. P. Podmar’kov, M. P. Frolov 1071–1075
Laser applications
Thermographic system with a laser scanning device
L. A. Skvortsov, V. M. Kirillov 1076–1080
Chronicle
The 26th School on Holography in Irkutsk
V. S. Letokhov 1081
Personalia
Tasoltan Tazretovich Basiev
O. N. Krokhin 1082