Kvantovaya Elektronika, 1991, Volume 18, Number 5

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1991, Volume 18, Number 5

Letters to the editor
	Nonlinear optical characteristics of 3-methoxy-4-hydrobenzaldehyde crystals Yu. O. Yakovlev, V. M. Poezzhalov	533
	Feasibility of constructing a picosecond terawatt neodymium laser with a contrast ratio ~ 10¹³ L. L. Losev, A. P. Lutsenko, S. N. Sazonov	534
	New laser crystal for the excitation of stimulated radiation in the dark-red part of the spectrum at 300 К A. A. Kaminskii, A. G. Petrosyan	535
	lskra-5 pulsed laser with an output power of 120 TW V. I. Annenkov, V. A. Bagretsov, V. G. Bezuglov, L. M. Vinogradskiy, V. A. Gaidash, I. V. Galakhov, A. S. Gasheev, I. P. Guzov, V. I. Zadorozhnyiĭ, V. A. Yeroshenko, A. Yu. Il'in, V. A. Kargin, G. A. Kirillov, G. G. Kochemasov, V. A. Krotov, Yu. P. Kuz'michev, S. G. Lapin, L. V. L'vov, M. R. Mochalov, V. M. Murugov, V. A. Osin, V. I. Pankratov, I. N. Pegoev, V. T. Punin, A. V. Ryadov, A. V. Senik, S. K. Sobolev, N. M. Khudikov, V. A. Khrustalev, V. S. Chebotar, N. A. Cherkesov, V. I. Shemyakin	536

Lasers
	Influence of the pump power on the spectral and time characteristics of an Ar–Xe laser D. A. Zayarnyi, A. G. Korolev, N. N. Sazhina, N. N. Ustinovskii, I. V. Kholin	538
	Pulse-periodic Nd:YAlO₃ laser with a phase-locked aperture under conditions of phase conjugation by stimulated Brillouin scattering A. F. Vasil'ev, S. B. Gladin, V. E. Yashin	545
	Pulse-periodic iodine photodissociation laser with a high output energy R. T. Abashev, A. S. Kamrukov, N. P. Kozlov, V. G. Korolenko, P. A. Ovchinnikov, Yu. S. Protasov, M. L. Rychkov, I. I. Telenkov	549
	Efficient difference-frequency generator utilizing an Al₂O₃:Ti³⁺ laser S. G. Bartoshevich, I. V. Mikhnyuk, G. A. Skripko, I. G. Tarazevich	555
	Electron-beam-controlled excimer XeCl laser with a long output pulse V. V. Atezhev, V. S. Bukreev, S. K. Vartapetov, I. V. Veselovskiĭ, A. N. Zhukov, I. T. Ziganshin, A. Z. Obidin, A. E. Soldatkin	560
	Time characteristics of the radiation from copper vapor lasers A. M. Bakiev, S. Kh. Valiev	563
	Frequency characteristics of a mode-locked solid-state ring laser with self-pumping waves N. V. Kravtsov, S. V. Parfenov, A. N. Shelaev	566
	Influence of phase self-modulation on the temporal characteristics of ultrashort pulses emitted by solid-state lasers M. I. Demchuk, V. L. Kalashnikov, V. P. Kalosha, V. P. Mikhailov, A. M. Starovoitov	572
	Two-frequency tunable laser with electrooptic feedback N. S. Vorob'ev, O. A. Konoplev	576
	Single-pulse YSGG:Cr:Nd laser with a 4% efficiency V. V. Laptev, V. A. Mikhaĭlov, D. A. Nikolaev, S. K. Pak, E. V. Raevskii, A. P. Fefelov, S. I. Khomenko, I. A. Shcherbakov	579
	Investigation of the formation of the near- and far-field distributions of the radiation emitted by platelet microlasers V. V. Batin, A. M. Kamuz, P. F. Oleksenko, S. V. Svechnikov, O. N. Stril'chuk	581
	Experimental investigation of CO₂ laser sources for lidar applications V. P. Kozolupenko, V. S. Mezhevov, Yu. E. Sizov, A. A. Khakhlev	583
	Investigation of the service life of high-power cw heterolasers R. I. Andreeva, A. A. Kochetkov	585

Nonlinear optical effects
	Numerical modeling of phase conjugation accompanying stimulated Brillouin scattering of focused beams with spherical wavefront aberrations Yu. F. Kir'yanov, G. G. Kochemasov, N. V. Maslov, I. V. Shestakova	588
	Phase locking of a four-wave signal in the presence of a wave mismatch V. F. Efimkov, I. G. Zubarev, S. A. Pastukhov, V. B. Sobolev	592
	Degeneracy of the polarization ellipse of a light wave in media with a transient nonlinear response of the Kerr type S. F. Grigor'ev, N. N. Zhukov, O. P. Zaskal'ko	595
	Brillouin loop oscillator pumped by incoherent beams D. A. Glazkov, A. A. Gordeev, I. G. Zubarev, S. I. Mikhailov	600
	Characteristics and applications of self-diffraction of light waves with noncollinear polarizations N. N. Zhukov, O. P. Zaskal'ko, I. G. Kuznetsov	603
	New class of solitons in fiber waveguides near the zero-dispersion point V. K. Mezentsev, S. K. Turitsyn	610
	Two-dimensional degenerate mixing of two waves in a nonlinear medium A. N. Bobrovskiĭ, E. B. Levchenko, G. D. Myl'nikov	613
	Formation of dynamic diffraction gratings and phase conjugation under conditions of optocapillary profiling of thin liquid layers S. A. Viznyuk, P. P. Pashinin, A. T. Sukhodol'skiĭ	616
	Dynamics of parametric holographic-type scattering of light K. N. Zabrodin, A. N. Penin	622
	Squeezed polarization states and photon antibunching in nonlinear selective reflection of light from a cholesteric liquid crystal A. P. Alodzhants, S. M. Arakelyan, Yu. S. Chilingaryan	626
	Hysteresis, self-stabilization, and instability of operation of a cw YAG laser with a thermal nonlinearity V. M. Petnikova, M. A. Kharchenko, V. V. Shuvalov	632
	Optical parametric oscillation in an LiNbO₃ crystal in the presence of a photorefractive diffraction grating É. Gaĭzhauskas, A. Piskarskas, V. Smilgeviĉius, G. Šhlekis	633
	Polarization multistability and chaos accompanying self-intersection of an optical beam O. P. Zaskal'ko, A. G. Kamushkin, V. V. Korobkin	635

Laser applications and other topics in quantum electronics
	Scattering of radiation by ultrasmooth surfaces formed by diamond turning N. N. Zorev	638
	Scattering of laser and x-ray radiation by ultrasmooth surfaces formed by diamond turning. Experimental results S. S. Borisova, V. S. Gorokhov, N. N. Zorev, G. V. Marinin, I. F. Mikhaĭlov, V. N. Morozov, P. V. Myasnikov, S. E. Solodov	643
	Characteristics of the formation of a radiation structure by focusing a multichannel-laser beam S. Yu. Denisov, E. V. Zelenov, A. N. Safonov, V. M. Tarasenko, D. Yu. Filimonov, E. A. Shcherbakova	648
	Photoionization method of laser monokinetization of ionic beams L. A. Rivlin	651
	Measurement of small vibrations of objects using intracavity detection of radiation of a two-mode gas laser M. L. Anishchenko, V. M. Ermachenko, A. M. Golovchenko, V. Yu. Kurochkin, N. V. Naumov, V. N. Petrovskii, E. D. Protsenko	653

Discussion
	Answer to the letter of A. F. Suchkov to the Editor of Kvantovaya Elektronika V. R. Mironenko	655