2004, vol 34, number 12

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Optical metrology and quantum frequency standards

State of the art and outlook for investigations in the field of optical metrology and quantum frequency standards
M. A. Gubin 1083

Use of cold cesium atoms in quantum frequency standards
Yu. S. Domnin, G. A. Elkin, A. V. Novoselov, V. N. Baryshev, L. N. Kopylov, Yu. M. Malyshev, V. G. Pal’chikov 1084–1095

Femtosecond optical clock
S. N. Bagayev, V. I. Denisov, V. F. Zakharyash, A. V. Kashirsky, V. M. Klementyev, S. A. Kuznetsov, I. I. Korel’, V. S. Pivtsov 1096–1100

Optical frequency standard based on a Nd:YAG laser stabilised by saturated absorption resonances in molecular iodine using second-harmonic radiation
M. N. Skvortsov, M. V. Okhapkin, A. Yu. Nevsky, S. N. Bagayev 1101–1106

Spectral and temporal characteristics of a supercontinuum in tapered optical fibres
S. N. Bagayev, V. I. Denisov, V. F. Zakharyash, V. M. Klementyev, S. M. Kobtsev, I. I. Korel’, S. A. Kuznetsov, S. V. Kukarin, V. S. Pivtsov, S. V. Smirnov, N. V. Fateev 1107–1115

Active media

Effect of vibrationally excited О2(a1Δg) molecules on the parameters of the active medium of an oxygen – iodine laser
V. N. Azyazov, I. O. Antonov, S. Yu. Pichugin, N. I. Ufimtsev 1116–1120

Study of two-photon excitation spectra of organic compounds absorbing in the UV region
V. A. Babenko, A. A. Sychev 1121–1123

Emission of the 3He–Xe–Cd mixture in the active zone of a nuclear reactor
M. U. Khasenov 1124–1126

Electro-optical properties of UV-emitting InGaN heterostructures considering injection-induced conductivity
P. G. Eliseev, J. Lee, M. A. Osinski 1127–1132

Lasers

UV radiation source based on a copper vapour laser with acousto-optically controlled spectral and temporal parameters
Yu. G. Gradoboev, Yu. V. Gulyaev, M. A. Kazaryan, S. V. Kruzhalov, N. A. Lyabin, Yu. M. Mokrushin, O. V. Shakin 1133–1137

Use of a LiF colour centre laser for pumping an Yb:YAG active medium
T. T. Basiev, N. E. Bykovskii, V. A. Konyushkin, Yu. V. Senatsky 1138–1142

Laser applications and other topics in quantum electronics

Mechanism of shock wave merging in a laser jet engine
V. V. Apollonov, V. N. Tishchenko 1143–1146

Effect of the quantum nature of detecting low-intensity radiation on the distance measurement error in pulsed laser ranging
E. V. Buryi, Yu. L. Smirnova 1147–1150

Reversible orientation first-order transitions induced in a nematic liquid crystal by a spatially limited light beam and a low-frequency electric field
A. S. Zolot’ko, M. P. Smaev, V. F. Kitaeva, M. I. Barnik 1151–1156

Visualisation of human subcutaneous blood vessels by increasing coherence probing depth
S. G. Proskurin, R. K. Wang 1157–1162

Nonlinear optical phenomena

Properties of self-focusing of elliptic beams
V. P. Kandidov, V. Yu. Fedorov 1163–1168

Study of the nonlinear transmission of Co2+:ZnSe crystals at a wavelength of 1.54 μm
N. N. Il’ichev, P. V. Shapkin, S. E. Mosaleva, A. S. Nasibov 1169–1172

Self-reflection effect in semiconductors in a two-pulse regime
P. I. Khadzhi, L. Yu. Nad’kin 1173–1176

Manifestation of a photorefractive effect in Raman spectra of lithium niobate crystals of different compositions
N. V. Sidorov, P. G. Chufyrev, M. N. Palatnikov, N. N. Mel’nik, Yu. A. Zheleznov, V. Yu. Khomich 1177–1179