Ultrafast optical spectroscopy delivers unparalleled insights into the dynamic response of
photoactive materials, including semiconducting, photonic and phase-change materials. The …

An overview on current trends in stimulated Brillouin scattering and optical phase
conjugation is given. This report is based on the results of the “Second International …

Refractive index changes accompanying changes in population of electron levels of Nd/sup
3+/ions in a Nd: YAG laser crystal under intensive diode and laser pumping have been …

The propagation of 355-nm, nanosecond pulses in absorbing glasses is investigated for the
specific case examples of the broadband absorbing glass SuperGrey and the Ce^ 3+-doped …

A high average power laser oscillator with a cavity completed by a nonlinear mirror formed
by refractive index gratings which accompany population gratings induced in Nd: YAG laser …

The contribution of the 4 f 3→ 4 f 2 5 d interconfigurational optical transitions of Nd 3+ which
was supposed at the origin of the refractive index changes observed in the Nd: YAG laser …

Understanding of pump-induced lensing in laser amplifiers is essential for the optimized
design of high-power lasers with high spatial quality, but there is usually incomplete …

Self-organization of the dynamic cavity completed by holographic gratings in the novel laser
oscillator was studied experimentally and numerically. A key role of the resonant grating of …

Non-degenerate two-wave mixing in inverted laser materials is investigated both
theoretically and experimentally. A complete model of two-wave mixing in gain media in the …

We report on the first injection-seeded nanosecond Ti: Sapphire laser that demonstrates a
stable single-longitudinal-mode operation with no feedback loop for active cavity …