Extreme laser radiation: physics and fundamental applications Experimental stand for studying the impact of laser-accelerated protons on biological objects K. F. Burdonov, A. A. Eremeev, N. I. Ignatova, R. R. Osmanov, A. D. Sladkov, A. A. Soloviev, M. V. Starodubtsev, V. N. Ginzburg, A. A. Kuzmin, A. V. Maslennikova, G. Revet, A. M. Sergeev, J.… Read More »
Lasers Lasing in a Tm:Ho:Yb3Al5O12 crystal pumped into the 3H6 – 3F4 transition Yu. D. Zavartsev, A. I. Zagumennyi, Yu. L. Kalachev, S. A. Kutovoi, V. A. Mikhaĭlov, I. A. Shcherbakov 189–192 Comparative characteristics of Yb:(YLa)2O3 laser ceramics I. L. Snetkov, I. B. Mukhin, O. V. Palashov 193–196 Study of the emission spectra of a… Read More »
Lasers Laser performance of in-band pumped Er:LiYF4 and Er:LiLuF4 crystals K. N. Gorbachenya, S. V. Kurilchik, V. E. Kisel, A. S. Yasukevich, N. V. Kuleshov, A. S. Nizamutdinov, S. L. Korableva, V. V. Semashko 95–99 Excitation and relaxation of metastable atomic states in an active medium of a repetitively pulsed copper vapour laser P. A.… Read More »
Invited paper New generation of optical fibres E. M. Dianov, S. L. Semjonov, I. A. Bufetov 1–10 Letters Room-temperature 1.2-J Fe2+:ZnSe laser S. D. Velikanov, N. A. Zaretsky, E. A. Zotov, S. Yu. Kazantsev, I. G. Kononov, Yu. V. Korostelin, A. A. Maneshkin, K. N. Firsov, M. P. Frolov, I. M. Yutkin 11–12 Parametric generation… Read More »
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 »