Letters Simulation of shock waves at high repetition rate of laser sparks V. N. Tishchenko, G. N. Grachev, A. I. Gulidov, V. I. Zapryagaev, V. G. Posukh 283–284 Lasers Broadband lasing and nonlinear conversion of radiation from LiF : F2+ and LiF : F2– colour centre lasers V. V. Fedorov, P. G. Zverev, T. T.… Read More »
Letters Phase shift of self-modulation oscillations in a ring chip Nd:YAG laser in a magnetic field N. V. Kravtsov, E. G. Lariontsev, S. S. Sidorov, S. N. Chekina, V. V. Firsov 189–190 Invited paper Development, production, and application of sealed-off copper and gold vapour lasers N. A. Lyabin, A. D. Chursin, S. A. Ugol’nikov, M.… Read More »
Review Ultrashort-pulse lasers P. G. Kryukov 95–119 Invited paper Nanostructures in laser experiments V. S. Zuev, A. V. Frantsesson 120–126 Lasers Pulsed chemical oxygen – iodine laser initiated by a transverse electric discharge N. P. Vagin, N. N. Yuryshev 127–131 Tunable narrow-band UV laser system pumped by a copper vapour laser P. A. Bokhan, D.… Read More »
Review Telescopic systems with dynamic nonlinear optical correction for distortions M. V. Vasil’ev, V. Yu. Venediktov, A. A. Leshchev 1–15 Physical foundations of quantum electronics The distribution function and fluctuations of the number of particles in an ideal Bose gas confined by a trap V. A. Alekseev 16–18 Active media Spectroscopy and kinetics of the… Read More »
Special issue devoted to the 80th anniversary of academician N. G. Basov’s birth To the memory of Nikolai Gennadievich Basov O. N. Krokhin 1036–1037 Academician Nikolai G. Basov: the Father of inertial fusion. A scientific and human approach G. Velarde 1038–1040 Coherence and lasers A. N. Oraevsky 1041–1047 Academician Basov, high-power lasers and the antimissile… Read More »
Laser biology and medicine Visualisation of details of a complicated inner structure of model objects by the method of diffusion optical tomography E. V. Tret’yakov, V. V. Shuvalov, I. V. Shutov 941–944 Light scattering study of rheumatoid arthritis J. Beuthan, U. Netz, O. Minet, A. D. Klose, A. H. Hielscher, A. Scheel, J. Henniger, G.… Read More »
SPECIAL ISSUE ON LASER DIAGNOSTICS IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE Lasers and biomedical diagnostics A. V. Priezzhev 847–848 Optical tomography of tissues D. A. Zimnyakov, V. V. Tuchin 849–867 Distribution of the laser radiation intensity in turbid media: Monte Carlo simulations, theoretical analysis, and results of optoacoustic measurements P. S. Grashin, A. A. Karabutov, A. A.… Read More »
Letters Defect – deformation nanometer self-organisation upon laser recrystallisation of thin amorphous films on substrates V. I. Emel’yanov, K. I. Eremin, A. A. Sumbatov 753–755 Review Trapped phonons in ultrathin metal films: the interpretation of recent femtosecond experiments A. O. Melikyan, H. R. Minassian 756–764 Invited paper Excitation of sound waves upon propagation of laser… Read More »
Active media. Lasers Aggregate colour centres in impurity LiF crystals T. T. Basiev, A. Ya. Karasik, V. A. Konyushkin, A. G. Papashvili, K. K. Pukhov, I. V. Ermakov, V. Gellermann 659–662 Effect of the degree of preionisation of a gas on the homogeneity of a volume discharge and generation of radiation in a wide-aperture XeCl-laser… Read More »
Letters Microobject manipulation by laser beams with a nonzero orbital momentum V. G. Volostnikov, S. P. Kotova, N. N. Losevskii, M. A. Rakhmatulin 565–566 Negative group velocity of a light pulse in cesium vapour A. M. Akulshin, A. Cimmino, G. I. Opat 567–569 Invited paper Some new trends in laser isotope separation in atomic vapours… Read More »