Lasers and amplifiers
Efficient lasing in a Fe2+:ZnSe crystal at room temperature
V. A. Akimov, A. A. Voronov, V. I. Kozlovsky, Yu. V. Korostelin, A. I. Landman, Yu. P. Podmar’kov, M. P. Frolov 299–301
Efficiency of resonance pumping and optical gain in a Nd-doped phosphate glass excited by diode arrays
A. P. Bogatov, A. E. Drakin, G. T. Mikayelyan, D. R. Miftakhutdinov, V. I. Stadnichuk, A. N. Starodub 302–308
Diffraction model of a semiconductor amplifier
D. V. Vysotskii, N. N. Ëlkin, A. P. Napartovich, A. G. Sukharev, V. N. Troshchieva 309–314
High-power broadband superluminescent diodes emitting in the 1000–1100-nm spectral range
P. I. Lapin, D. S. Mamedov, A. A. Marmalyuk, A. A. Padalitsa, S. D. Yakubovich 315–318
Luminescent and lasing characteristics of heavily doped Yb3+:KY(WO4)2 crystals
V. È. Kisel’, A. E. Troshin, V. G. Shcherbitskii, N. V. Kuleshov, A. A. Pavlyuk, F. Brunner, R. Paschotta, F. Morier-Genoud, U. Keller 319–323
Tunable semiconductor laser with an acousto-optic filter in an external fibre cavity
E. V. Andreeva, L. N. Magdich, D. S. Mamedov, A. A. Ruenkov, M. V. Shramenko, S. D. Yakubovich 324–328
Active media
On stimulated VUV emission of atomic helium in a Bose–Einstein condensate. 2
L. A. Rivlin 329–332
Nonlinear optical phenomena
Numerical simulation of the quasi-resonance transient double resonance regime in a scheme with the common upper level for a small inhomogeneous broadening of quantum transition lines
O. M. Parshkov 333–338
Optical fibres and waveguides
Correlation method for processing speckles of signals from single-fibre multimode interferometers by using charge-coupled devices
Yu. N. Kulchin, O. B. Vitrik, A. D. Lantsov 339–342
Optical properties of microstructure tellurite glass fibres
D. A. Gaponov, A. S. Biriukov 343–348
Applicability of the effective index method for simulating ridge optical waveguides
D. V. Batrak, S. A. Plisyuk 349–352
Holography
Holographic variable-sensitivity lateral shear interferometry for studying rapid processes
A. M. Lyalikov 353–356
Light beams
Peculiarities of propagation of quasi-diffraction-free light beams in strongly scattering absorbing media
I. L. Katsev, A. S. Prikhach, N. S. Kazak, M. Kroening 357–362
Interaction of laser radiation with matter
Clearing of a polydisperse water aerosol by a laser pulse in the diffusive–convective regime
A. N. Kucherov 363–368
Resonance laser-induced ionisation of sodium vapour taking radiative transfer into account
N. I. Kosarev, N. Ya. Shaparev 369–375
Laser applications and other topics in quantum electronics
Application of the Wigner function and matrix optics to describe variations in the shape of ultrashort laser pulses propagating through linear optical systems
A. V. Gitin 376–382
Considerable reduction of thermooptical distortions in Faraday isolators cooled to 77 K
D. S. Zheleznov, A. V. Voitovich, I. B. Mukhin, O. V. Palashov, E. A. Khazanov 383–388
Matrix laser IR-visible image converter
N. I. Lipatov, A. S. Biriukov 389–391
Bibliography
Review of the book “Optical Solitons: from Fibres to Photonic Crystals” by Yu. S. Kishvar and G. P. Agraval Translated from English, Rozanov N. N., Ed. (Moscow: Fizmatlit, 2005, 648 pp)
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