Foreword from the editor of this issue

V. L. Komolov

J. Opt. Technol. 71(6), 335-336 (2004)  View: PDF

Introductory remarks of the Honorary Chairman of the Symposium on Intense Laser Action and Its Applications

A. M. Bonch-Bruevich

J. Opt. Technol. 71(6), 337-337 (2004)  View: PDF

Self-optical breakdown and multipulse optical breakdown of transparent insulators in the femto-nanosecond region of laser pulse widths

O. M. Efimov

J. Opt. Technol. 71(6), 338-347 (2004)  View: PDF

Superfast thermal melting of solids under the action of femtosecond laser pulses

B. Rethfeld, V. V. Temnov, K. Sokolowski-Tinten, P. Tsu, D. von der Linde, S. I. Anisimov, S. I. Ashitkov, and M. B. Agranat

J. Opt. Technol. 71(6), 348-352 (2004)  View: PDF

Laser-induced activation of stearin transparency

V. L. Komolov, A. V. Kulikov, S. G. Przhibel'skii, and V. N. Smirnov

J. Opt. Technol. 71(6), 353-357 (2004)  View: PDF

Absorption saturation in semiconductors when they are locally irradiated with a short light pulse

L. P. Amosova, I. A. Didenko, and V. L. Komolov

J. Opt. Technol. 71(6), 358-360 (2004)  View: PDF

Study of the relaxation of collective electronic excitations in metallic nanoparticles

A. M. Bonch-Bruevich, T. A. Vartanyan, S. D. Nikolaev, S. G. Przhibel'skii, I. O. Starobogatov, and V. V. Khromov

J. Opt. Technol. 71(6), 361-365 (2004)  View: PDF

Experimentally determining the characteristics of dark and photostimulated diffusion of cesium atoms over the surface of transparent insulators

A. M. Bonch-Bruevich, T. A. Vartanyan, S. G. Przhibel'skii, and V. V. Khromov

J. Opt. Technol. 71(6), 366-369 (2004)  View: PDF

Laser resonance heating of atoms in a capillary. Measuring the accommodation coefficient of the kinetic energy of the atoms

A. M. Bonch-Bruevich, T. A. Vartanyan, S. G. Przhibel'skii, V. N. Smirnov, and V. V. Khromov

J. Opt. Technol. 71(6), 370-373 (2004)  View: PDF

Changing the spatial orientation of the components of a molecular layer under the action of laser radiation

A. M. Bonch-Bruevich, E. N. Kaliteevskaya, V. P. Krutyakova, and T. K. Razumova

J. Opt. Technol. 71(6), 374-378 (2004)  View: PDF

Formation of nanostructures on the surface of metal films by the probe of an atomic-force microscope during the action of laser pulses

A. N. Stepanov, A. V. Kirsanov, A. M. Kiselev, and N. I. Polushkin

J. Opt. Technol. 71(6), 379-383 (2004)  View: PDF

How mesoscopic objects localized in a layered structure affect the light-field distribution in near-field surface microscopy

A. B. Evlyukhin and E. V. Evlyukhina

J. Opt. Technol. 71(6), 384-389 (2004)  View: PDF

Spatial resolution of near-field optical devices

G. S. Zhdanov

J. Opt. Technol. 71(6), 390-394 (2004)  View: PDF

Broadening of the "violet" wing of a femtosecond spectral supercontinuum because of the dispersion of the nonlinear refractive index of the medium

S. A. Shtumpf, A. A. Korolev, and S. A. Kozlov

J. Opt. Technol. 71(6), 395-400 (2004)  View: PDF

Nonlinear reflection of pulses composed of a small number of vibrations of the light field from the antireflection-coated interface of media

S. A. Kozlov, Yu. A. Shpolyanskii, and N. V. Yastrebova

J. Opt. Technol. 71(6), 401-406 (2004)  View: PDF

The problem of reducing optical losses in fluoride films

E. N. Kotlikov, E. V. Khonineva, and V. N. Prokashev

J. Opt. Technol. 71(6), 407-410 (2004)  View: PDF

Observation of the exciton-photon strong coupling regime at room temperature in a microcavity containing J aggregates of pseudoisocyanine

V. N. Bel'tyugov, A. I. Plekhanov, and V. V. Shelkovnikov

J. Opt. Technol. 71(6), 411-414 (2004)  View: PDF

Electron-beam-induced absorption in quartz glasses

P. B. Sergeev, V. D. Zvorykin, A. P. Sergeev, T. A. Ermolenko, S. A. Popov, M. S. Pronina, P. K. Turoverov, I. I. Cheremisin, and I. K. Evlampiev

J. Opt. Technol. 71(6), 415-419 (2004)  View: PDF