Vol. 63, No. 4, 2020

Instruments and Experimental Techniques

Advances in the Development of Betavoltaic Power Sources (A Review)

A. A. Krasnov and S. A. Legotin p. 437 abstract

APPLICATION OF COMPUTERS IN EXPERIMENTS

Development of Digital Multi-channel and Time-division Pulse Height Analyzer Based on PXIE Bus for Hard X-ray Diagnostic in East

Hong-Rui Cao, Hai-Xiang Wang, Ying-Ying Zheng, Shi-Xing Liu, Jin-Long Zhao, Ji-Zong Zhang, Shi-Yao Lin and Li-Qun Hu p. 453 abstract

ELECTRONICS AND RADIO ENGINEERING

A Nanosecond High-Voltage Pulse Generator Based on Artificial Double Forming Lines

V. A. Burtsev, A. A. Burtsev, D. B. Bel’sky, E. P. Bol’shakov, T. P. Bronzov, S. A. Vaganov, D. V. Getman, S. I. Eliseev, N. V. Kalinin, A. A. Samokhvalov, K. A. Sergushichev, A. A. Smirnov and M. V. Timshina p. 461 abstract

A Switching Inductive-Capacitor Generator of Powerful Current Pulses

G. V. Nosov and M. G. Nosova p. 467 abstract

GENERAL EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUE

A Self-Magnetically Insulated Ion Diode for Generating Aluminum Ion Beams

V. I. Shamanin, G. E. Remnev and V. A. Tarbokov p. 472 abstract

Using a Semiconductor Laser with Frequency Capture as an Operating Optical Generator of a Coherent Reflectometer for Distributed Vibration Frequency Measurements

V. V. Spirin, C. A. Lόpez-Mercado, M. Wuilpart, D. A. Korobko, I. O. Zolotovsky and A. A. Fotiadi p. 476 abstract

An All-Fiber Time Domain Reflectometer for Measuring the Length of Active Erbium Doped Optical Fibers

M. E. Belokrylov, Yu. A. Konstantinov, K. P. Latkin, D. Claude, D. A. Seleznev, A. A. Stepin, Yu. A. Konin, V. A. Shcherbakova and R. R. Kashina p. 481 abstract

Theoretical and Experimental Estimation of the Accuracy in Simultaneous Distributed Measurements of Temperatures and Strains in Anisotropic Optical Fibers Using Polarization-Brillouin Reflectometry

F. L. Barkov, Yu. A. Konstantinov, V. V. Burdin and A. I. Krivosheev p. 487 abstract

An Experimental Setup for Acoustic Research of the Components of Fiber-Optic Measuring Systems

A. A. Vlasov, M. Yu. Plotnikov, A. N. Ashirov, A. S. Aleinik and A. N. Nikitenko p. 494 abstract

Research on the Influence of the Degree of Acoustic Sealing of Acoustically Conditioned Sound Protective Cases of Fiber-Optic Interferometers on their Characteristics

A. A. Vlasov, A. V. Varlamov, A. N. Ashirov, N. E. Kikilich and A. S. Aleinik p. 502 abstract

A Method for Determining the Locations of Impacts in a Composite Material Using Fiber Optical Acoustic Emission Sensors

S. D. Bochkova, S. A. Volkovsky, M. E. Efimov, I. G. Deineka, D. S. Smirnov and E. V. Litvinov p. 507 abstract

Investigation of the Properties of an All-Fiber Temperature Sensor Created Using the Melting Effect

Yu. A. Konin, M. I. Bulatov, V. A. Shcherbakova, A. I. Garanin, Ya. D. Tokareva and E. V. Mosheva p. 511 abstract

Formation of Fiber Tapers by Chemical Etching for Application in Fiber Sensors and Lasers

P. I. Kuznetsov, D. P. Sudas and E. A. Savel’ev p. 516 abstract

On the Minimum Uncertainty of Attenuation Coefficient Measurement in a Single-Mode Optical Fiber Achievable Using Rayleigh OTDR

M. A. Taranov, B. G. Gorshkov, K. M. Zhukov and M. L. Grinshtein p. 522 abstract

Achievement of an 85 km Distance Range of Strain (Temperature) Measurements Using Low-Coherence Rayleigh Reflectometry

M. A. Taranov, B. G. Gorshkov and A. E. Alekseev p. 527 abstract

A Coherent Optical Frequency-Domain Reflectometer Based on a Self-Sweeping Fiber Laser for Sensing Applications

A. Yu. Tkachenko, N. N. Smolyaninov, M. I. Skvortsov, I. A. Lobach and S. I. Kablukov p. 532 abstract

A Model of a Distributed Calorimetric Fiber Dosimeter Based on Stimulated Brillouin Scattering

A. V. Tregubov, V. V. Prikhod’ko, A. S. Alekseev, A. V. Zhukov, S. G. Novikov and V. V. Svetukhin p. 538 abstract

A Fiber-Optic Sensor for Simultaneous Temperature and Pressure Measurements Based on a Fabry–Perot Interferometer and a Fiber Bragg Grating

K. M. Fadeev, D. D. Larionov, L. A. Zhikina, A. M. Minkin and D. I. Shevtsov p. 543 abstract

Automated, Convenient and Compact Auto-correlation Measurement for an Ultra-fast Laser Pulse

Aviv Farag and Ariel Nause p. 547 abstract

PHYSICAL INSTRUMENTS FOR ECOLOGY, MEDICINE, BIOLOGY

Calibrating the Measuring Channels of the Baikal-Gvd Neutrino Telescope

A. V. Avrorin, A. D. Avrorin, V. M. Ainutdinov, R. Bannasch, Z. Bardáĉová, I. A. Belolaptikov, V. B. Brudanin, N. M. Budnev, A. R. Gafarov, K. V. Golubkov, N. S. Gorshkov, T. I. Gres’, R. Dvornický, G. V. Domogatsky, A. A. Doroshenko, J.-A. M. Dzhilkibaev, V. Ya. Dik, A. N. Diyachok, E. Eckerová, D. N. Zaborov, R. A. Ivanov, M. S. Katulin, K. G. Kebkal, O. G. Kebkal, V. A. Kozhin, M. M. Kolbin, K. V. Konishchev, A.V. Korobchenko, A. P. Koshechkin, M. V. Kruglov, M. K. Kryukov, V. F. Kulepov, M. V. Milenin, R. A. Mirgazov, V. Nazari, D. V. Naumov, A. I. Panfilov, D. P. Petukhov, E. N. Pliskovsky, M. I. Rozanov, V. D. Rushai, E. V. Ryabov, G. B. Safronov, F. Šimkovic, A. V. Skurikhin, A. G. Solov’ev, M. N. Sorokovikov, I. Štekl, O. V. Suvorova, E. O. Sushenok, V. A. Tabolenko, B. A. Tarashchansky, L. Fajt, S. V. Fialkovsky, E. V. Khramov, B. A. Shaibonov, M. D. Shelepov and S. A. Yakovlev p. 551 abstract

A Backend System for Registering Narrowband Cosmic Radio Emissions

S. A. Grenkov and N. E. Kol’tsov p. 561 abstract

An Experimental Setup for Microbial Fuel Cells Construction, Evaluation, and Study

P. M. D. Serra, A. Espírito-Santo and M. Magrinho p. 567 abstract

The Influence of a Method of Bracing a Fiber-Optical Seismic Streamer during Towing on the Parameters of Its Output Signal

A. A. Vlasov, M. Yu. Plotnikov, V. S. Lavrov, S. S. Kiselev and A. S. Aleinik p. 577 abstract

Dynamics Characterization of the Acoustically Driven Single Microbubble near the Rigid and Elastic Wall

Hao Wu, Cheng Zhou, Haixia Yu and Dachao Li p. 583 abstract

The Principles of Information Safety for Physical Channels of Optical Access Networks

N. I. Gorlov and I. V. Bogachkov p. 591 abstract

LABORATORY TECHNIQUES

Contrast Experiments of Pig Positive and Negative Hydrogen Ion Sources for Neutron Tubes

Xiaohua Zhou, Yunfei En, Jie Lu, Yang Liu, Kang Li, Zhifeng Lei, Zhijian Wang and Xiaoping Ouyang p. 595 abstract

A Device for Noncontact Determination of the Photosensitivity Distribution on Areas of n⁺–p(n)–p⁺-Type Silicon Structures

O. G. Koshelev p. 600 abstract

Barrier Discharge Excilamps with a Small-Diameter Exit Window and Their Application