Vol. 121, No. 3, 2016

Optics and Spectroscopy

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Spectroscopy of Atoms and Molecules

Collisions of Alkali-Metal Atoms Cs and Rb in the Ground State. Spin Exchange Cross Sections

V. A. Kartoshkin p. 327 abstract

Investigation of the Bistability in J Aggregates upon Resonant Optical Excitation with Inclusion of Pair Correlations between Molecules

L. A. Nesterov and N. N. Rosanov p. 331 abstract

Determination of Copper Content in Soils and Ores by Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectrometry

T. A. Labutin, A. M. Popov, S. M. Zaytsev, I. A. Cal’ko and N. B. Zorov p. 339 abstract

Condensed-Matter Spectroscopy

Spectral and Luminescent Properties of N,N'-Bis(5-Bromosalicylidene)-1,3-Propylenediamine and Its Zinc Complex

M. S. Svirikhin, M. V. Puzyk and A. N. Borisov p. 343 abstract

Analysis of the Electronic, IR, and ¹H NMR Spectra of Conjugated Oligomers Based on 4,4'-Triphenylamine Vinylene

G. V. Baryshnikov, V. A. Minaeva, B. F. Minaev, V.-H. Sun and M. Grigoras p. 348 abstract

A Study of the Structural and Spectral Characteristics of Free and Bound Water in Kaolinite

A. S. Kasprzhitskii, G. I. Lazorenko, S. N. Sulavko, V. A. Yavna and A. G. Kochur p. 357 abstract

Optical Properties and Electronic Structure of BiTeCl and BiTeBr Compounds

A. A. Makhnev, L. V. Nomerovannaya, T. V. Kuznetsova, O. E. Tereshchenko and K. A. Kokh p. 364 abstract

Polarized Optical Absorption of MnGa₂S₄ Single Crystals

N. N. Niftiev and O. B. Tagiev p. 371 abstract

The Effect of a Gas Environment on the Fluorescence Intensity of Quantum-Dot Composite Systems

V. V. Danilov, A. I. Khrebtov, I. V. Shtrom, G. E. Tsyrlin and Yu. B. Samsonenko p. 374 abstract

Inorganic Phosphors in Lead–Silicate Glass for White LEDs

N. V. Nikonorov, E. V. Kolobkova, V. A. Aseev, A. Yu. Bibik, Ya. A. Nekrasova, Yu. V. Tuzova and A. I. Novogran p. 379 abstract

Photolysis of Light-Transforming Polymer Materials on the Basis of Europium(III) Nitrate with 1,10-Phenanthroline and Anthranilic Acid

I. V. Kalinovskaya and A. N. Zadorozhnaya p. 384 abstract

Nonlinear and Quantum Optics

Formation of Solitons and Realization of the Superluminality Effect upon Femtosecond Pulse Propagation in a Medium Containing Gold Nanoparticles

T. M. Lysak and V. A. Trofimov p. 387 abstract

Observation of Parametric Nonadiabatic Excitation of Collective Resonances under Femtosecond Optical Pumping of a Dense Resonant Extended Medium without Population Inversion under the Conditions of Strong Light-Matter Coupling

S. N. Bagaev, V. S. Egorov, A. A. Pastor, D. Yu. Preobrazhenskii, A. A. Preobrazhenskaya, P. Yu. Serdobintsev, I. A. Chekhonin and M. A. Chekhonin p. 391 abstract

Determination of the Stimulated Raman Scattering Threshold for a Pump Pulse of Arbitrary Width

S. N. Smetanin p. 395 abstract

Dependence of the Time of the Appearance of a Stark Echo Response on Irreversible Relaxation of a System

E. N. Akhmedshina, L. A. Nefed’ev and G. I. Garnaeva p. 405 abstract

Quantization of Electromagnetic Field and Analysis of Purcell Effect Based on Formalism of Scattering Matrix

M. A. Kaliteevski, A. R. Gubaydullin, K. A. Ivanov and V. A. Mazlin p. 410 abstract

Physical Optics

Effect of Mannosylerythritol Lipid-A on Light Scattering of AOT/D₂O/Octane

Soheil Sharifi p. 420 abstract

Ultrasonic Diffraction of Bessel Light Beams in Uniaxial Gyrotropic Crystals

V. N. Belyi, G. V. Kulak, G. V. Krokh, P. I. Ropot and O. V. Shakin p. 424 abstract

Analytical Solution of the Direct Problem of Ellipsometry for Some Profiles of Optical Constants of Inhomogeneous Layers

V. A. Shvets p. 431 abstract

Formation of Periodic Phase Structures in a Photopolymerizable Layer by Nonstationary Light Beams

S. N. Mensov, M. A. Morozova and Yu. V. Polushtaitsev p. 438 abstract

A Study of Refraction of a Cylindrical Laser Beam in Stratified Liquid

B. S. Rinkevichyus, M. V. Sapronov and I. N. Pavlov p. 445 abstract

Geometrical and Applied Optics

An Imaging Fourier Transform Spectroradiometer with a Multi-element Photodetector for the Spectral Range of 7–14 μm

S. V. Bashkin, A. O. Karfidov, V. N. Kornienko, M. V. Lel’kov, A. I. Mironov, A. N. Morozov, S. I. Svetlichnyi, S. E. Tabalin and I. L. Fufurin p. 449 abstract

The Influence of an External Cavity on the Emission Spectrum of a Mercury Germicidal Lamp

V. I. Solomonov, Yu. S. Surkov and V. I. Gorbunkov p. 455 abstract

Thermal Deformations of a Glass Spherical Satellite