Personalia In memory of Nikolai Gennad’evich Basov O. N. Krokhin 1075–1076 Special Issue ‘Optical Fibres and Their Applications’ Work on optical fibres in Russia S. L. Semenov 1077 Mid-IR hollow-core silica fibre Raman lasers A. V. Gladyshev, A. F. Kosolapov, A. N. Kolyadin, M. S. Astapovich, A. D. Pryamikov, M. E. Likhachev, I. A. Bufetov… Read More »
Lasers Spectral and power characteristics of a 5% Tm : KLu(WO4)2 Nm-cut minislab laser passively Q-switched by a Cr2+ : ZnSe crystal S. M. Vatnik, I. A. Vedin, P. F. Kurbatov, E. A. Smolina, A. A. Pavlyuk, Yu. V. Korostelin, Ya. K. Skasyrsky 981–985 Optimisation of the parameters of a broadband multibeam-pumped optical parametric amplifier… Read More »
Lasers Frequency locking of a semiconductor laser by a ring fibre resonator I. O. Zolotovskii, D. A. Korobko, A. A. Fotiadi, K. Panajotov 871–876 Ultra-low repetition rate gain-switched thulium-doped fibre laser at 2 μm Zhong Mingfei, Sun Haiyue, Liu Tongling, Huang Kun 877–881 Calculation and experimental verification of a collimator with a Kerr lens for… Read More »
Quantum Technologies Russian–British Symposium on Quantum Technologies V. N. Zadkov, N. N. Kolachevsky, A. V. Naumov 777 Photon echo of an ultranarrow optical transition of 167Er3+ in 7LiYF4 crystals M. M. Minnegaliev, E. I. Baibekov, K. I. Gerasimov, S. A. Moiseev, M. A. Smirnov, R. V. Urmancheev 778–782 Optimal periodic frequency combs for high-efficiency optical… Read More »
Lasers Analytical model of a transversely diode-pumped alkali metal vapour laser A. I. Parkhomenko, A.M. Shalagin 683–692 Laser diode arrays based on AlGaAs/GaAs quantum-well heterostructures with an efficiency up to 62% M. A. Ladugin, A. A. Marmalyuk, A. A. Padalitsa, K. Yu. Telegin, A. V. Lobintsov, S. M. Sapozhnikov, A. I. Danilov, A. V. Podkopaev,… Read More »
Nonlinear optical phenomena Population difference gratings produced by unipolar subcycle pulses in a resonant medium R. M. Arkhipov, M. V. Arkhipov, I. V. Babushkin, A. V. Pakhomov, N. N. Rosanov 589–592 Minimum possible laser pulse duration for SRS A. V. Konyashchenko, P. V. Kostryukov, L. L. Losev, V. S. Pazyuk 593–596 Brillouin optical reflectometer with… Read More »
Interaction of laser radiation with matter. Laser plasma Interaction of high-power laser radiation with low-density polymer aerogels Ch. Kaur, Sh. Chaurasia, N. G. Borisenko, A. S. Orekhov, P. Leshma, V. G. Pimenov, G. V. Sklizkov, A. A. Akunets, M. N. Deo 495–502 Modification of the SiO2/Si interface by pulsed fibre laser radiation A. M. Skvortsov,… Read More »
Physics of ultra cold atoms and their applications Physics of ultracold atoms in Russia: development and co-ordination N. N. Kolachevsky, A. V. Taichenachev 393 Frequency standards based on ultracold atoms in tests of general relativity, navigation and gravimetry K. Yu. Khabarova, K. S. Kudeyarov, N. N. Kolachevsky 394–399 Ultrastable laser system for spectroscopy of the… Read More »
Letters Laser diode bars based on AlGaAs/GaAs quantum-well heterostructures with an efficiency up to 70% M. A. Ladugin, A. A. Marmalyuk, A. A. Padalitsa, T. A. Bagaev, A. Yu. Andreev, K. Yu. Telegin, A. V. Lobintsov, E. I. Davydova, S. M. Sapozhnikov, A. I. Danilov, A. V. Podkopaev, E. B. Ivanova, V. A. Simakov 291–293… Read More »
Extreme laser radiation: physics and fundamental applications 100 J-level pulse compression for peak power enhancement S. Yu. Mironov, J. Wheeler, R. Gonin, G. Cojocaru, R. Ungureanu, R. Banici, M. Serbanescu, R. Dabu, G. Mourou, E. A. Khazanov 173–178 Dispersion management of the SULF front end Shuai Li, Cheng Wang, Yanqi Liu, Yi Xu, Zhengzheng Liu,… Read More »