Kvantovaya Elektronika, 1990, Volume 17, Number 2

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1990, Volume 17, Number 2

Letters to the editor
	Passive mode locking in a flashlamp-pumped Al₂O₃:Ti³⁺ laser M. I. Demchuk, A. A. Demidovich, N. I. Zhavoronkov, V. P. Mikhailov, A. P. Shkadarevich, A. A. Ishchenko, A. I. Sopin	133

Lasers
	Continuous-wave laser utilizing F₂⁺:O^2–-color centers in an NaCl:OH crystal tunable in the 1.42–1.78 μm range R. È. Matts, E. V. Pestryakov, S. S. Kolyago, V. I. Trunov	134
	Stability of two-mode stimulated emission from a dye laser A. A. Zheltukhin, I. P. Konovalov, E. D. Protsenko	137
	Theoretical and experimental study of a passively Q-switched CO₂-laser V. V. Dembovetskiĭ, M. V. Matveeva, G. I. Surdutovich, N. P. Shurupova	142
	Calculation of the energy characteristics of large-aperture exciplex lasers V. A. Burtsev, A. G. Grad, V. I. Derzhiev, A. G. Zhidkov, N. I. Kazachenko, A. V. Koval, V. S. Kuznetsov, A. O. Terskikh, R. P. Fidel'skaya, S. I. Yakovlenko	147
	Cryogenic CO laser excited by a photoionization discharge G. V. Abrosimov, p. I. Vysikaylo, V. A. Gurashvili, S. G. Moskvichev, V. B. Saenko, V. P. Tyazhev	150
	Polarized radiation from a single-mode CO₂ laser with internal mirrors A. N. Alekseeva, I. I. Kirsanova	154
	Enhancement of the efficiency of a free-electron laser in a longitudinal magnetic field V. A. Bazylev, A. V. Tulupov	156
	Measurement of the phase difference between the output beams of two coupled CO₂ lasers V. V. Antyukhov, E. V. Dan'shchikov, F. V. Lebedev, V. V. Likhanskii, A. P. Napartovich	159
	Electric discharge N₂ laser with added SF₆ and He S. N. Buranov, V. V. Gorokhov, V. I. Karelin, P. B. Repin	161
	Pulse-periodic electric discharge XeCl laser V. M. Borisov, A. Yu. Vinokhodov, Yu. B. Kiryukhin, S. G. Kuznetsov, D. N. Molchanov, A. N. Morozov, O. B. Khristoforov	164
	Compact neodymium laser with semiconductor-laser pumping and frequency conversion to the fourth harmonic A. A. Divak, G. A. Ermakov, N. A. Kovyzhenko, G. Ya. Kolodnyĭ, V. A. Konovalov, I. I. Kuratev, A. V. Semenenko, A. V. Tarasov, Yu. V. Tsvetkov, V. I. Shveikin, V. G. Yanchuk	165

Optoelectronics, signal processing
	Tomographic reconstruction of the spatial and energy parameters of laser beams V. P. Aksenov, V. V. Pickalov	167
	Correlation synthesis of a probe field in laser Doppler velocimeters with multimode fiber waveguides A. V. Gnatovskiĭ, N. V. Medved', S. N. Khotyaĭntsev, L. K. Yarovoĭ	173
	Multichannel computer-optics components matched to mode groups V. I. Adzhalov, M. A. Golub, S. V. Karpeev, I. N. Sisakyan, V. A. Soifer	177

Active media
	Characteristics of pulse amplification and energy utilization efficiency of a round-trip neodymium glass amplifier with a stimulated Brillouin scattering mirror A. F. Vasil'ev, V. V. Kraĭnov, V. E. Yashin	182
	Formation of radiation by single-pass lasing V. B. Kryuchenkov, A. V. Lukin, P. V. Petrov, Yu. I. Chernukhin	189
	Quantum yields of I (5²P_1/2) atoms by photodissociation of iodides using λ = 325 nm radiation V. I. Babkin, M. B. Ippolitov, A. I. Maslov	192
	Stimulated recombination of atoms accompanying electron cooling of heavy charged particle beams D. F. Zaretsky, È. A. Nersesov	196
	High-intensity superradiance in a two-dimensional system of active centers A. N. Azarenkov, G. B. Altshuler, V. E. Lebed'ko	200
	Automatic replenishment of the gas mixture in excimer lasers N. g. Zubrilin, P. I. Korenyuk, O. N. Tkachenko, M. P. Chernomorets	202
	Emission of visible radiation by a chemical oxygen–iodine laser N. P. Vagin, A. F. Konoshenko, P. G. Kryukov, M. P. Frolov, N. N. Yuryshev	204
	Amplification of λ = 172 nm radiation in atmospheric-pressure xenon excited by a high-power proton beam A. A. Kuznetsov, S. S. Sulakshin	205

Control of laser radiation parameters
	Dynamic self-focusing of a Gaussian light beam accompanying saturation of an inhomogeneously broadened absorption line E. N. Bazarov, G. A. Gerasimov, V. P. Gubin, N. I. Starostin, V. V. Fomin	207
	Wavefront structure of light beams in a parametric ring oscillator V. V. Eliseev, A. A. Zozulya, V. T. Tihonchyuk	211
	Rectification of the intensity distribution of Gaussian beams using aspheric lenses S. A. Viznyuk, A. T. Sukhodol'skiĭ	214
	Strong amplitude modulation of the radiation emitted by buried mesa-structure heterolasers in a frequency band up to 5 GHz I. S. Goldobin, V. D. Kurnosov, A. G. Plyavenek, A. F. Solodkov, N. V. Shelkov, S. D. Yakubovich	218
	Theoretical and experimental investigations of the colliding-pulse operation of solid-state lazers M. I. Demchuk, V. P. Kalosha, V. P. Mikhailov, I. A. Manichev	222
	Generation of light pulses of 40-ps duration in a YAG:Nd laser with active mode locking V. Kabelka, R. Kondrodas, V. D. Ligun, L. N. Matveev, A. Milyauskas, S. I. Chizhikov	228
	Determination of the characteristics of laser radiation pulses V. A. Zubov	229

Laser applications
	Emission of resonance lines and inversion of the populations of the levels of hydrogen-like ions in a recombining laser plasma V. I. Bayanov, A. V. Gulov, V. I. Derzhiev, A. G. Zhidkov, V. I. Kryzhanovskiĭ, A. A. Mak, V. A. Serebryakov, N. A. Solov'ev, A. N. Chekmezov, S. I. Yakovlenko	232
	Nature of cumulative laser damage to optical materials A. V. Butenin, B. Ya. Kogan	237
	Coherent photodetection with the aid of a gas laser B. V. Zakharov, K. B. Meĭgas, Kh. V. Khinrikus	240
	High-power quasi-cw YAG:Nd laser and its use in surface hardening of steel 45 Kh. S. Bagdasarov, V. V. D'yachenko, I. B. Kovsh, M. S. Strekalova	245
	Reflection of far-infrared radiation from a hot plasma in a semiconductor E. A. Andryushin, R. I. Ekzhanov, I. N. Sisakyan, A. B. Shvartsburg, A.V. Shepelev	247
	Control of focusing properties of diffraction elements I. V. Minin, O. V. Minin	249

Chronicle
	Fourth All-Union Symposium on Optical Echo A. A. Biryukov, V. A. Katulin, V. V. Samartsev	252