Invited paper
Consecutive three-wave interactions in nonlinear optics of periodically inhomogeneous media
A. S. Chirkin, V. V. Volkov, G. D. Laptev, E. Yu. Morozov 847–858
Lasers
Pulsed laser operating on the first overtone of the CO molecule in the 2.5 — 4.2-μm range. II. Frequency-selective lasing
N. G. Basov, A. A. Ionin, A. A. Kotkov, A. K. Kurnosov, J. E. McCord, A. P. Napartovich, L. V. Seleznev, N. G. Turkin, G. D. Hager 859–866
Emission of optically coupled semiconductor lasers
P. V. Borisov, Yu. A. Bykovskii, K. B. Dedushenko, M. V. Zverkov 867–872
A simple analytic model of a cw multicascade fibre Raman laser
I. A. Bufetov, E. M. Dianov 873–877
Optical loss in strained quantum-well semiconductor ridge lasers
A. P. Bogatov, A. E. Boltaseva, A. E. Drakin, V. P. Konyaev 878–880
On ultimate pulse repetition rates of an XeF laser
V. M. Borisov, A. Yu. Vinokhodov, V. A. Vodchits, A. V. El’tsov 881–883
Interaction of laser radiation with matter. Laser plasma
Effect of the nonuniformities of a diagnostic laser beam on the interpretation of experiments on turbulent mixing
S. A. Bel’kov, O. A. Vinokurov, S. G. Garanin, G. V. Dolgoleva, G. G. Kochemasov, E. I. Mitrofanov, N. A. Suslov 884–888
Optical characteristics of the near-surface plasma initiated by high-power femtosecond laser pulses of different polarisation
V. M. Velichko, V. D. Urlin, B. P. Yakutov 889–895
Dependence of the yield of hard incoherent X-rays from femtosecond laser plasma on the atomic number of a target material
R. V. Volkov, V. M. Gordienko, P. M. Mikheev, A. B. Savel’ev-Trofimov 896–900
Mechanism of radiation absorption by condensed targets irradiated by subpicosecond highly contrast laser pulses with an intensity of up to 3×1016 W cm–2
L. L. Losev, V. I. Soskov 901–904
Nonlinear optical phenomena
Optical surface waves at the interface between a linear dielectric and a photorefractive crystal
V. A. Aleshkevich, V. A. Vyslouh, Ya. V. Kartashov 905–910
Collective emission of atoms in photonic bandgap materials
V. I. Yukalov 911–916
Dynamics of ultrashort pulses in birefringent media
S. V. Sazonov, A. F. Sobolevskii 917–921
Interferometry of spontaneous parametric light scattering
D. Yu. Korystov, S. P. Kulik, A. N. Penin 922–926
Theory of generation of sub-10-fs pulses in a cw solid-state laser with a semiconductor passive switch and self-focusing under coherent-interaction conditions
V. L. Kalashnikov, D. O. Krimer, I. G. Poloiko 927–931
Laser applications and other topics in quantum electronics
On the uniqueness of the solution of inverse problems in saturation fluorimetry of polyatomic organic compounds
O. V. Kozyreva, K. V. Popov 932–936
Self-sustaining exothermic reaction of anti-Stokes gamma transitions in long-lived isomeric nuclei. II
L. A. Rivlin 937–940