Invited paper Active-region designs in quantum cascade lasers I. I. Zasavitskii 863–873 Lasers Promising high-pressure DF — CO2 laser for amplifying picosecond radiation pulses V. Ya. Agroskin, B. G. Bravy, G. K. Vasil’ev, S. A. Kashtanov, E. F. Makarov, S. A. Sotnichenko, Yu. A. Chernyshev 874–876 Copper bromide vapour laser with a pulse repetition rate… Read More »
Optical fibres, lasers and amplifiers. Properties and applications Fifth Russian Workshop on Fibre Lasers A. S. Kurkov 753 Bismuth-doped optical fibres: A new breakthrough in near-IR lasing media E. M. Dianov 754–761 Optical properties of bismuth-doped silica fibres in the temperature range 300 — 1500 K D. A. Dvoretskii, I. A. Bufetov, V. V. Vel’miskin,… Read More »
Control of laser radiation parameters Parametric excitation of relaxation oscillations at the subharmonic of the external modulating signal in a ring Nd : YAG laser T. V. Aulova, N. V. Kravtsov, E. G. Lariontsev, S. N. Chekina 659–662 Mode-locking of solid-state lasers by single-walled carbon-nanotube based saturable absorbers F. Rotermund, W. B. Cho, S. Y.… Read More »
Letters Observation of saturated dispersion resonances of methane in a two-mode Cr2+ : ZnSe/CH4 laser M. A. Gubin, A. N. Kireev, V. I. Kozlovsky, Yu. V. Korostelin, V. A. Lazarev, A. B. Pnev, Yu. P. Podmar’kov, D. A. Tyurikov, M. P. Frolov, A. S. Shelkovnikov 565–566 Lasers High-energy Nd : YAG-amplification system for OPCPA pumping… Read More »
Biophotonics Use of fractional laser microablation and ultrasound to facilitate the delivery of gold nanoparticles into skin in vivo G. S. Terentyuk, È. A. Genina, A. N. Bashkatov, M. V. Ryzhova, N. A. Tsyganova, D. S. Chumakov, B. N. Khlebtsov, A. A. Sazonov, L. E. Dolotov, V. V. Tuchin, N. G. Khlebtsov, O. A. Inozemtseva… Read More »
Letters Multiterawatt femtosecond hybrid system based on a photodissociation XeF(C—A) amplifier in the visible range S. V. Alekseev, A. I. Aristov, N. G. Ivanov, B. N. Koval’chuk, V. F. Losev, G. A. Mesyats, L. D. Mikheev, Yu. N. Panchenko, N. A. Ratakhin 377–378 Biophotonics Laser technologies in biophotonics A. N. Bashkatov, A. V. Priezzhev, V.… Read More »
Lasers Repetitively pulsed regime of Nd : glass large-aperture laser amplifiers A. A. Kuzmin, E. A. Khazanov, A. A. Shaikin 283–291 High-power efficient cw and pulsed lasers based on bulk Yb : KYW crystals with end diode pumping G. H. Kim, J. H. Yang, D. S. Lee, A. V. Kulik, E. G. Sall’, S. A.… Read More »
Letters IR luminescence of tellurium-doped silica-based optical fibre E. M. Dianov, S. V. Alyshev, A. V. Shubin, V. F. Khopin, A. N. Gur’yanov 189–191 Stimulated emission Elementary processes of stimulated emission P. V. Elyutin 192–198 Strong electromagnetic fields Dynamics of ionisation and entanglement in the ‘atom + quantum electromagnetic field’ system P. R. Sharapova, O.… Read More »
Lasers Diode-pumped caesium vapour laser with closed-cycle laser-active medium circulation A. V. Bogachev, S. G. Garanin, A. M. Dudov, V. A. Yeroshenko, S. M. Kulikov, G. T. Mikaelyan, V. A. Panarin, V. O. Pautov, A. V. Rus, S. A. Sukharev 95–98 Collisional lasing on a self-terminating transition 2 1Po1 – 2 1S0 in helium atom… Read More »
Review Laser methods for detecting explosive residues on surfaces of distant objects L. A. Skvortsov 1–11 Lasers Semiconductor disk laser-pumped subpicosecond holmium fibre laser A. Yu. Chamorovskiy, A. V. Marakulin, T. Leinonen, A. S. Kurkov, O. G. Okhotnikov 12–14 Laser diode bars based on strain-compensated AlGaPAs/GaAs heterostructures A. A. Marmalyuk, M. A. Ladugin, I. V.… Read More »