Vol. 121, No. 5, 2016

Optics and Spectroscopy

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Spectroscopy of Atoms and Molecules

On the Relation between the Energy Level Classification of a Nonrigid Molecule and the Symmetry of Its Equilibrium Configurations

A. V. Burenin p. 643 abstract

Observation of Polarized Atoms of Rubidium Isotopes in Experiments on Optical Orientation in a He–Rb Mixture under Conditions of a Pulsed Gas Discharge

S. P. Dmitriev, N. A. Dovator, V. A. Kartoshkin and G. V. Klementiev p. 649 abstract

The Argon Spectrum in the Range of 1200–2000 cm^–1

E. M. Zanozina, A. V. Naskidashvili, V. E. Chernov, S. Civiš, P. Kubelík, M. Ferus and L. Juha p. 655 abstract

Condensed-Matter Spectroscopy

Features of Electro-Optical Characteristics of Composite Liquid Crystal Media (a Review)

L. P. Amosova and V. Yu. Venediktov p. 665 abstract

Peculiarities of the SEHRS Spectrum of 4,4'-Bipyridine Molecule

A. V. Golovin, A. M. Polubotko and V. P. Chelibanov p. 677 abstract

Photoabsorption by the Electron Subsystem of a Semiconductor Nanoparticle

V. A. Astapenko, S. V. Sakhno, M. A. Kozhushner, V. S. Posvyanskii and L. I. Trakhtenberg p. 689 abstract

Intrinsic Luminescence Centers in Scandia, Yttria, and Their Solid Solutions

V. V. Solomonov, A. V. Spirina, A. V. Spirin and S. N. Paranin p. 696 abstract

Phonon and Electronic Properties of the LiCaAlF₆ Crystal: Experiment and ab Initio Calculations

S. A. Klimin, B. N. Mavrin and N. N. Novikova p. 701 abstract

Absorption Spectra of Some Radiation-Doped A₃B₅ Compounds

Sh. Sh. Rashidova p. 710 abstract

Luminescent Properties of Cadmium Selenide Quantum Dots in Fluorophosphate Glasses

Zh. O. Lipatova, E. V. Kolobkova and A. N. Babkina p. 713 abstract

Characterization of the T₁ State of Porphyrin Molecules on the Basis of Numerical Modeling of Decrease and Increase of Fluorescence Intensity Kinetics

I. V. Stanishevsky, S. M. Arabei, V. A. Chernyavskii and K. N. Solovyev p. 722 abstract

Nonlinear and Quantum Optics

Formation of Nonclassical States of Vortex Solitons in Optical Fibers with Quantum Dots

M. Yu. Gubin, M. G. Gladush, A. Yu. Leksin, S. M. Arakelian and A. V. Prokhorov p. 729 abstract

A Study of the Nonlinear Refractive Index in Amorphous Ge–As–S Layers and Nanocomposites with Gold Nanoparticles

D. A. Khoroshikh, A. N. Tsypkin, M. V. Mel’nik, Kristian Czingel and Sandor Kokenyesi p. 736 abstract

Two-Dimensional Extremely Short Optical Pulses with a Bessel Cross Section in Inhomogeneous Medium of Carbon Nanotubes

M. B. Belonenko, I. S. Dvuzhilov and Yu. V. Nevzorova p. 739 abstract

Generation of Stable Self-Similar Wave Packets in Inhomogeneous Optical Waveguides with a Traveling Refractive Index Wave

V. M. Zhuravlev, I. O. Zolotovskii and P. P. Mironov p. 744 abstract

A Tunable Optical Diode Based on Gyrotropic Metamaterials in the Field of Ultrasonic Waves

A. H. Gevorgyan, H. K. Gabrielyan and A. R. Mkrtchyan p. 749 abstract

Formation and Erasure of Population Difference Gratings in the Coherent Interaction of a Resonant Medium with Extremely Short Optical Pulses

R. M. Arkhipov, M. V. Arkhipov, I. Babushkin and N. N. Rosanov p. 758 abstract

Physical Optics

Optical Properties of Multilayer Bimetallic Films Obtained by Laser Deposition of Colloidal Particles

A. Antipov, S. Arakelian, T. Vartanyan, M. Gerke, A. Istratov, S. Kutrovskaya, A. Kucherik and A. Osipov p. 765 abstract

Lasers and Their Applications

Self-Visualization and Self-Inversion Effects of Objects and Structures upon Focusing of an Illuminating Laser Beam Passing through Them into an Absorbing Air Medium

E. L. Bubis, A. M. Kiselev and I. V. Kuz’min p. 769 abstract

Geometrical and Applied Optics

LED Optrode for Detecting Sulfur Dioxide in Air

V. A. Buzanovskii p. 773 abstract

Polymer Photodegradation Initiated by ZnO Nanoparticles

I. Yu. Denisyuk, S. A. Pozdnyakova, I. G. Koryakina, M. V. Uspenskaya and K. V. Volkova p. 778 abstract