Contents
Laser Physics

Vol. 18, No. 4, 2008

The Proceedings of the International Conference
Fundamentals of Laser Assisted Micro- & Nanotechnologies
June 25–28, 2007, St. Petersburg–Pushkin, Russia

Preface

Physical Mechanisms of Fast Structure Modification and the Appearance of Waves
of Optical Bleaching in Glass Ceramics

V. P. Veiko, B. Yu. Novikov, E. A. Shakhno, and E. B. Yakovlev p. 363  abstract

Correlation between Ablation Efficiency and Nanoparticle Generation
during the Short-Pulse Laser Ablation of Metals

J. Hermann, S. Noël, T. E. Itina, E. Axente, and M. E. Povarnitsyn p. 374  abstract

Hot Microplasma in the Channel of a Solid Target Induced by a Sequence
of Femtosecond Laser Pulses

V. M. Gordienko, I. A. Zhvania, and I. A. Makarov p. 380  abstract

High-Power Lasers at the Russian Federal Nuclear Center (VNIIEF)

S. G. Garanin p. 387  abstract

Original Articles

Solid State and Liquid Lasers

Passively Q-Switched 1.32-m Nd:YAG Laser with a V:YAG Saturable Absorber

J. Ma, Y. Li, Y. Sun, and X. Hou p. 393  abstract

Efficient End-Pumped Slab Nd:YVO₄ Laser with a Multifolded Quasi-Concentric Resonator

M. Gong, Q. Wang, F. He, and C. Lu p. 396  abstract

Semiconductor Lasers

Monolithic InAs/InAlGaAs/InP Quantum-Dash-in-Well Extended-Cavity Laser
Fabricated by Postgrowth Intermixing

Y. Wang, H. S. Djie, B. S. Ooi, J. C. M. Hwang, X.-M. Fang, Y. Wu, J. M. Fastenau,
W. K. Liu, G. T. Dang, and W. H. Chang p. 400  abstract

Gas Lasers

Simulation of a CuBr Laser in the Presence and in the Absence of Hydrogen Impurity

A. M. Boichenko and G. S. Evtushenko p. 403  abstract

Interaction of Laser Radiation with Matter

Carbon Cloth Damage Induced by Various Shapes of CO₂ Laser Pulses

B. Kaludjerovi, M. Trtica, B. Babi, B. Radak, and A. Ionin p. 413  abstract

Absorption Spectra Versus Field Distribution for Metal–Dielectric Three-Dimensional
Photonic Crystals

M. V. Bogdanova, S. L. Eiderman, Yu. E. Lozovik, and M. Willander p. 417  abstract

Formation of Nonrectilinear Waveguide Structures upon the Interaction
of Counterpropagating Beams in Photopolymerizable Media

S. N. Mensov and Yu. V. Polushtaytsev p. 424  abstract

Nonlinear and Quantum Optics

Stimulated Radiative Laser Cooling

P. Muys p. 430  abstract

Broadband Optical Limiting in the Suspensions of Lead Sulfide Nanoparticles

Q. S. Li, C. L. Liu, L. Y. Zang, Q. H. Gong, X. L. Yu, and C. B. Cao p. 434  abstract

Optical Modulator Based on a Si_0.75Ge_0.25/Si/Si_0.5Ge_0.5 Asymmetric Superlattice Structure

X. Tu, Y. Zuo, S. Chen, L. Zhao, J. Yu, and Q. Wang p. 438  abstract

Fiber Optics

Self-Seeded Multiwavelength Brillouin-Erbium Laser Using NOLM–NALM

J. Xia, L. Zhan, Y. Huang, L. Xing, S. Y. Luo, and Y. X. Xia p. 442  abstract

Multiwavelength Brillouin–Erbium Fiber Laser Incorporating a Fiber Bragg Grating Filter

M. N. Mohd Nasir, M. H. Al-Mansoori, H. A. Abdul Rashid, P. K. Choudhury, and Z. Yusoff p. 446  abstract

Simulation of Statistical Errors in a High-Rate Fiber-Optic Communications Line

E. G. Shapiro p. 449  abstract

Single-End Vibration Sensor Based on an Over-Coupled Fiber-Loop Reflector

J. Chang, Q. Wang, X. Zhang, L. Ma, T. Liu, Q. Wang, Z. Liu, S. Zhang, and S. Ding p. 452  abstract

Modeling and Numerical Demonstration of Femtosecond-Pulse Distortion-Free
Delivery Using a Three-Layered Few-Mode Fiber

J. Yao, L. Zhan, Sh. Luo, and Y. Xia p. 455  abstract

High-Gain Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifier Incorporating a Double-Pass Amplification
Technique as a Preamplifier

B. Bouzid, M. K. Abdullah, and M. A. Mahdi p. 460  abstract

Surface Phenomena

Evolution of Microstructure in Polycrystalline Silicon Thin Films Upon Excimer
Laser Crystallization

C.-C. Kuo p. 464  abstract

Laser Methods in Chemistry, Biology, and Medicine

Dentinal Surface-Cutting Efficiency Using a High-Speed Diamond Bur, Ultrasound and Laser

M. Youssef, A. Quinelato, F. Youssef, J. E. Pelizon Pelino, M. C. Salvadori, and M. Mori p. 472  abstract

Low-Fluence CO₂ Laser Irradiation Decreases Enamel Solubility

M. Esteves-Oliveira, C. Apel, N. Gutknecht, W. F. Velloso Jr, M. E. B. Cotrim,
C. P. Eduardo, and D. M. Zezell p. 478  abstract

Digital Holographic Interference Microscopy in the Study of the 3D Morphology
and Functionality of Human Blood Erythrocytes

T. V. Tishko, V. P. Titar, D. N. Tishko, and K. V. Nosov p. 486  abstract

Application of Lasers in Ecology

Measurement Technique for Methane Concentration by Wavelength Scanning
of a Distributed-Feedback Laser

H. Wang, Q. Wang, J. Chang, X. Zhang, S. Zhang, and J. Ni p. 491  abstract

Novel Methods of Laser Technologies

Mathematical Modeling of Laser Sublimation Cutting

P. Muys and M. Youn p. 495  abstract

Physics of Cold Trapped Atoms

Multimode Model of the Superradiant Rayleigh Scattering of Light
by the Bose–Einstein Condensate of Rarefied Atomic Gases: Linear Analysis

N. I. Shamrov p. 500  abstract

Specific Features of the BCS–BEC Crossover and Thermodynamics
in the 2D Resonant Fermi Gas with p-wave Pairing

M. Yu. Kagan and S. L. Ogarkov p. 509  abstract

Fundamental Problems

Vector and Tensor Polarizations of Light Beams

N. I. Petrov p. 522  abstract

Information

The new international journal Laser Physics Letters

17th International Laser Physics Workshop (LPHYS’08)
(Trondheim, Norway, June 30–July 4, 2008)

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