Invited paper Fibre optics: Forty years later E. M. Dianov 1–6 Lasers Continuous-wave Cr2+:CdS laser V. I. Kozlovsky, Yu. V. Korostelin, A. I. Landman, Yu. P. Podmar’kov, Ya. K. Skasyrsky, M. P. Frolov 7–10 Lasing characteristics of the Ar — Xe and He — Ar — Xe mixtures pumped by fission fragments Yu. A. Dyuzhov,… Read More »
Review Active spectral imaging for standoff detection of explosives L. A. Skvortsov 1051–1060 Nonlinear-optics phenomena Applied nonlinear optics in the journal “Quantum Electronics” S. G. Grechin, V. G. Dmitriev, A. S. Chirkin 1061–1068 Measurement of the photobleaching kinetics of semiconducting polymer films by the pump — probe method A. E. Ozimova, V. V. Bruevich, D.… Read More »
Nonlinear optical phenomena Fifty years of nonlinear laser optics V. A. Makarov 957 Filamentation of femtosecond laser radiation with a non-Gaussian transverse spatial profile A. A. Biryukov, N. A. Panov, M. V. Volkov, D. S. Uryupina, R. V. Volkov, O. G. Kosareva, A. B. Savel’ev-Trofimov 958–962 Highly efficient second-harmonic generation of intense femtosecond pulses with… Read More »
Active media Structural, optical, and spectroscopic properties and efficient two-micron lasing of new Tm3+:Lu2O3 ceramics O. L. Antipov, S. Yu. Golovkin, O. N. Gorshkov, N. G. Zakharov, A. P. Zinov’ev, A. P. Kasatkin, M. V. Kruglova, M. O. Marychev, A. A. Novikov, N. V. Sakharov, E. V. Chuprunov 863–868 Lasers Measuring the Stokes parameters of… Read More »
Lasers Modelling of a diode laser with a resonant grating of quantum wells and an external mirror D. V. Vysotskii, N. N. Ëlkin, A. P. Napartovich, V. I. Kozlovsky, B. M. Lavrushin 769–775 Two-dimensional distributed feedback lasers based on static and dynamic Bragg structures V. R. Baryshev, N. S. Ginzburg 776–781 Control of laser radiation… Read More »
Letters Two-cascade acousto-optic dispersive delay line for ultrashort laser pulses V. Ya. Molchanov, S. I. Chizhikov, K. B. Yushkov 675–676 Lasers Broadband superluminescent diodes and semiconductor optical amplifiers for the spectral range 750 — 800 nm S. N. Il’chenko, Yu. O. Kostin, I. A. Kukushkin, M. A. Ladugin, P. I. Lapin, A. A. Lobintsov, A.… Read More »
Letters Bismuth-doped germanosilicate fibre laser with 20-W output power at 1460 nm S. V. Firstov, A. V. Shubin, V. F. Khopin, M. A. Mel’kumov, I. A. Bufetov, O. I. Medvedkov, A. N. Gur’yanov, E. M. Dianov 581–583 Lasers Vanadate lasers with σ-polarised radiation A. A. Sirotkin, V. I. Vlasov, A. I. Zagumennyi, Yu. D. Zavartsev,… Read More »
Lasers Efficient wide-aperture neodymium glass rod amplifiers A. K. Potemkin, K. A. Zhurin, A. V. Kirsanov, E. A. Kopelovich, M. V. Kuznetsov, A. A. Kuzmin, F. A. Flat, E. A. Khazanov, A. A. Shaikin 487–491 Holmium fibre laser with record quantum efficiency A. S. Kurkov, E. M. Sholokhov, V. B. Tsvetkov, A. V. Marakulin, L.… Read More »
Optical technologies in biophysics and medicine Interaction of silicon nanoparticles with the molecules of bovine serum albumin in aqueous solutions X. A. Anenkova, I. A. Sergeeva, G. P. Petrova, X. V. Fedorova, L. A. Osminkina, V. Yu. Timoshenko 393–395 Fractional laser microablation of skin aimed at enhancing its permeability for nanoparticles È. A. Genina, L.… Read More »
Optical technologies in biophysics and medicine Application of optical technologies in biophysics and medicine A. N. Bashkatov, A. V. Priezzhev, V. V. Tuchin 283 Photonic crystal fibres in biomedical investigations Yu. S. Skibina, V. V. Tuchin, V. I. Beloglazov, G. Steinmeyer, J. L. Betge, R. Wedell, N. Langhoff 284–301 The use of hollow-core photonic crystal… Read More »