Invited paper
Generation of shock waves and formation of craters in a solid material irradiated by a short laser pulse
S. Yu. Gus’kov, S. Borodziuk, M. Kalal, A. Kasperczuk, B. Kralikova, E. Krousky, J. Limpouch, K. Masek, T. Pisarczyk, P. Pisarczyk, M. Pfeifer, K. Rohlena, J. Skala, J. Ullschmied 989–1003
Active media
On a new method for chemical production of iodine atoms in a chemical oxygen–iodine laser
T. L. Andreeva, S. V. Kuznetsova, A. I. Maslov, V. N. Sorokin 1004–1006
Pulsed volume discharge in a nonuniform electric field at a high pressure and the short leading edge of a voltage pulse
S. B. Alekseev, V. P. Gubanov, I. D. Kostyrya, V. M. Orlovskii, V. S. Skakun, V. F. Tarasenko 1007–1010
Stimulated radiative decay of a metastable state of the helium atom
L. A. Rivlin 1011–1012
Theoretical search for optimal pump parameters for observing spontaneous radiation amplification on the λ=41.8-nm transition of Xe IX in plasma
E. P. Ivanova, A. L. Ivanov 1013–1017
Lasers
Gigawatt Cr:forsterite regenerative amplifier of femtosecond pulses with a pulse repetition rate of 10 Hz
M. B. Agranat, S. I. Ashitkov, A. A. Ivanov, A. V. Konyashchenko, A. V. Ovchinnikov, A. A. Podshivalov 1018–1022
Pulsed chemical HF laser with a large discharge gap
M. A. Azarov, E. A. Klimuk, K. A. Kutumov, G. A. Troshchinenko, B. M. Lacour 1023–1026
Numerical study of the efficiency of a CO-laser oscillation on overtone or fundamental transitions depending on the lasing spectrum width
A. K. Kurnosov, A. P. Napartovich, S. L. Shnyrev 1027–1032
UV lasers on N2–SF6 and N2–NF3 mixtures pumped by transverse and longitudional discharges
S. B. Alekseev, E. Kh. Baksht, I. D. Kostyrya, A. N. Panchenko, V. M. Orlovskii, V. F. Tarasenko 1033–1039
Control of laser radiation parameters
Compensation of dynamic thermal deformations of mirrors in high-power slab lasers
A. Yu. Rodionov, V. V. Sergeev, A. A. Smirnov, A. V. Starovoitov, V. E. Sherstobitov 1040–1046
Optical fibres
Electrostriction temporal shift of laser pulses in optical fibres
A. S. Biriukov, S. V. Erokhin, S. V. Kushchenko, E. M. Dianov 1047–1053
Raman gain flattening by using pump sources with different linewidths
S. M. Kobtsev, A. A. Pustovskikh 1054–1056
Nonlinear optical phenomena
Effect of diffraction on the nonlinear propagation of optical few-cycle pulses
S. V. Sazonov, V. A. Khalyapin 1057–1063
Laser cooling
Cold atomic beams of high brightness
Yu. V. Rozhdestvenskii 1064–1068
Laser applications and other topics in quantum electronics
Analytic description of the laser-beam heating of multicomponent biological tissues
V. V. Barun, A. P. Ivanov 1069–1076
Selective femtosecond spectroscopy of molecules in the multipulse technique for observing the optical Kerr effect
S. A. Moiseev, V. G. Nikiforov 1077–1082