Foreword from the editor of this issue

V. A. Serebryakov

J. Opt. Technol. 76(11), 675-675 (2009)  View: PDF

Investigating a thermal lens in a Tm:YLF crystal under intense diode pumping

O. N. Eremeĭkin, N. A. Egorov, N. G. Zakharov, A. P. Savikin, and V. V. Sharkov

J. Opt. Technol. 76(11), 676-679 (2009)  View: PDF

Optimizing the cavity parameters and choosing the active medium of a solid-state laser that operates in the continuous and pulsed regimes with pumping by a single powerful diode

V. V. Bezotosnyĭ, M. V. Gorbunkov, Yu. M. Popov, V. G. Tunkin, E. A. Cheshev, and P. V. Kostryukov

J. Opt. Technol. 76(11), 680-684 (2009)  View: PDF

Amplifying properties of two-dimensional photonic-crystal structures that contain active media

O. N. Kozina and L. A. Mel’nikov

J. Opt. Technol. 76(11), 685-688 (2009)  View: PDF

Powerful compact Nd:YAG laser

V. V. Nazarov, L. V. Khloponin, and V. Yu. Khramov

J. Opt. Technol. 76(11), 689-692 (2009)  View: PDF

Spectral-splitter coatings in laser systems for the visible and infrared regions

E. N. Kotlikov, E. V. Khonineva, V. N. Prokashev, and A. N. Tropin

J. Opt. Technol. 76(11), 693-696 (2009)  View: PDF

Measuring the parameters of vibrations and surface roughness, using the frequency spectrum of the intensity fluctuations of scattered radiation

V. N. Bronnikov and M. M. Kalugin

J. Opt. Technol. 76(11), 697-701 (2009)  View: PDF

How mismatches of the grating segments of an optical compressor affect the width of a compressed pulse

I. V. Golubenko and A. A. Andreev

J. Opt. Technol. 76(11), 702-707 (2009)  View: PDF

The accuracy, reliability, and interpretation of the results of in vivo laser fluorescence diagnosis in the spectral range of the fluorescence of endogenous porphyrins

D. A. Rogatkin, O. A. Bychenkov, and L. G. Lapaeva

J. Opt. Technol. 76(11), 708-713 (2009)  View: PDF

Multifunctional laser process system for the high-precision processing of three-dimensional large-scale 3×3×0.6-m items with complex surface shapes

A. G. Verkhoglyad, V. I. Prots’, M. F. Stupak, and Yu. V. Chuguĭ

J. Opt. Technol. 76(11), 714-719 (2009)  View: PDF

Dynamics of the lasing spectrum of a 3-μm Er:YLF laser with semiconductor pumping

M. V. Inochkin, V. V. Nazarov, D. Yu. Sachkov, L. V. Khloponin, and V. Yu. Khramov

J. Opt. Technol. 76(11), 720-724 (2009)  View: PDF

Low-threshold power limitation of optical radiation in crystals with sensitized anti-Stokes luminescence

M. S. Smirnov, O. V. Ovchinnikov, P. V. Novikov, A. N. Latyshev, and M. A. Efimova

J. Opt. Technol. 76(11), 725-729 (2009)  View: PDF

Interference fringes of equal inclination at large angles of incidence

Yu. N. Zakharov and N. V. Chalkova

J. Opt. Technol. 76(11), 730-732 (2009)  View: PDF

Laser strengthening of the edge of glass

V. S. Kondratenko, P. D. Gindin, O. V. Trubienko, Hsu Muchi, and A. Naumov

J. Opt. Technol. 76(11), 733-736 (2009)  View: PDF