Vol. 121, No. 2, 2016

Optics and Spectroscopy

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Distributed worldwide by Springer. Optics and Spectroscopy ISSN 0030-400X.

Spectroscopy of Atoms and Molecules

Absorption by XeCl* Excimer Molecules of Their Own Emission of the В–Х Transition (λ = 308 nm) in a Dense Ar–Xe–CCl₄ Medium upon Pumping by Fast Electrons and Uranium-235 Fission Fragments

A. I. Mis’kevich, Yu. A. Dyuzhov and A. A. Suvorov p. 165 abstract

The Mutual Effect of Metal Sample and Turboflame in LIBS Signal Enhancement

M. Ghezelbash, S. J. Mousavi, A. E. Majd, S. M. R. Darbani, H. Saghafifar and A. Maleki p. 174 abstract

Condensed-Matter Spectroscopy

The Nature of the Lower Excited State of the Special Pair of Bacterial Photosynthetic Reaction Center of Rhodobacter Sphaeroides and the Dynamics of Primary Charge Separation

N. V. Ivashin and E. E. Shchupak p. 181 abstract

Specific Features of Photoprocesses in the Dye Merocyanine 540 and Its Complexes with Water

O. K. Bazyl’, V. A. Svetlichnyi and G. V. Maier p. 190 abstract

The Influence of Sodium Nanoparticles Formation on Luminescent Properties of Fluorophosphate Glasses Containing Molecular Clusters and Quantum Dots of Lead Selenide

Zh. O. Lipatova, E. V. Kolobkova, A. I. Sidorov and N. V. Nikonorov p. 200 abstract

The Effect of Silver Nanoparticles on the Photocycle of Bacteriorhodopsin of Purple Membranes of Halobacterium salinarum

V. A. Oleinikov, K. E. Mochalov, D. O. Solovyeva, A. A. Chistyakov, E. P. Lukashev and I. R. Nabiev p. 210 abstract

Intensity of Visible and IR Emission of Intracenter 4f Transitions of RE Ions in Er- and Tm-Doped ZnO Films with Additional Ag, Li, and N Impurities

M. M. Mezdrogina, A. Ya. Vinogradov, M. V. Eremenko, V. S. Levitskii, E. I. Terukov and Yu. V. Kozhanova p. 220 abstract

Structure of ZnZrF₆ · nH₂O (n = 6–2) and ZnZrF₆ Crystallohydrates According to Vibrational Spectroscopy Data

E. I. Voit, N. A. Didenko, K. A. Gayvoronskaya and A. V. Gerasimenko p. 229 abstract

Optical Properties of Nonstoichiometric ZrO_x According to Spectroellipsometry Data

V. N. Kruchinin, V. Sh. Aliev, A. K. Gerasimova and V. A. Gritsenko p. 241 abstract

Synthesis, Spectroscopic Investigations, and Computational Study of 4-((9,10-dioxo-9,10-dihydroanthracen-1-yl)oxy)-3-methoxybenzaldehyde

Ayoub Kanaani, Davood Ajloo, Hamzeh Kiyani, Mohamad Vakili, Mahnaz Farahani and Majid Amiri p. 246 abstract

Polymerization and Photochromism of Ammonium Molybdate in Porous Glass

V. N. Pak and A. N. Borisov p. 253 abstract

Nonlinear and Quantum Optics

Modulation Instability of Pulsed Radiation in an Optical Waveguide in the Presence of the Traveling Refractive Index Wave

I. O. Zolotovskii, D. A. Korobko, V. A. Lapin and D. I. Sementsov p. 256 abstract

Laser-Induced Synthesis of Metal–Carbon Materials for Implementing Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering

A. Kucherik, S. Arakelian, T. Vartanyan, S. Kutrovskaya, A. Osipov, A. Povolotskaya, A. Povolotskii and A. Man’shina p. 263 abstract

On the Possibility of Reducing the Influence of Laser Radiation Linewidth on Execution of Quantum Logic Operations Using Off-Resonant Raman Interaction

R. A. Akhmedzhanov, L. A. Gushchin, I. V. Zelensky, V. A. Nizov, N. A. Nizov and D. A. Sobgaida p. 271 abstract

Measurement of Optical Nonlinearity by Antiresonant Ring Interferometric Nonlinear Spectroscopic (ARINS) Technique

B. Bhushan p. 276 abstract

Physical Optics

Band Structure and Birefringence of LiRbSO₄ Crystals

V. Yo. Stadnyk, B. V. Andrievskii, L. T. Karplyuk and O. R. Onufriv p. 283 abstract

Analysis of the Modified Point-Matching Method in the Electrostatic Problem for Axisymmetric Particles

V. G. Farafonov, V. I. Ustimov and A. R. Tulegenov p. 289 abstract

Geometrical and Applied Optics

Monte Carlo Simulation of Aorta Autofluorescence

A. A. Kuznetsova and A. E. Pushkareva p. 304 abstract

Specific Features of Measuring the Optical Power of Artificial Refractive and Diffractive–Refractive Eye Lenses

G. A. Lenkova p. 310 abstract

Optical Diagnosis of Dengue Virus Infected Human Blood using Mueller Matrix Polarimetry