Foreword from the editors of this issue

V. P. Veĭko and V. L. Komolov

J. Opt. Technol. 75(6), 345-345 (2008)  View: PDF

Structuring of the surface layer of transparent insulators by Coulomb fields when the medium is photoionized by laser pulses

V. L. Komolov and S. G. Przhibel’skiĭ

J. Opt. Technol. 75(6), 346-348 (2008)  View: PDF

Studies of thermally stimulated reversible restructuring and variation of the optical parameters of molecular layers of polymethine dyes

S. I. Gerasimova, E. N. Kaliteevskaya, V. P. Krutyakova, and T. K. Razumova

J. Opt. Technol. 75(6), 349-352 (2008)  View: PDF

Crystallization of metals under conditions of superfast cooling when materials are processed with ultrashort laser pulses

I. N. Zavestovskaya, A. P. Kanavin, and N. A. Men’kova

J. Opt. Technol. 75(6), 353-358 (2008)  View: PDF

Formation of nanoclusters on the surface of silicates, induced by the radiation of a CO₂ laser

A. F. Mukhamedgalieva and A. M. Bondar’

J. Opt. Technol. 75(6), 359-362 (2008)  View: PDF

Photoluminescence of surface layers of CdTe when nanopulse laser radiation acts on them

G. D. Ivlev and E. I. Gatskevich

J. Opt. Technol. 75(6), 363-365 (2008)  View: PDF

Estimating the possibility of creating an uncooled, direct-conversion bolometric array based on optical pumping of a thermal image into a visible image

L. N. Asnis, L. N. Kaporskiĭ, T. K. Razumova, A. S. Tibilov, and S. A. Chizhov

J. Opt. Technol. 75(6), 366-370 (2008)  View: PDF

Laser-induced formation of conical bumps on the surface of superrefractory metals

Yu. I. Pestov and V. S. Makin

J. Opt. Technol. 75(6), 371-377 (2008)  View: PDF

Formation of silicon nanostructures when a target is ablated by a quasi-continuous laser pulse

V. P. Aksenov, V. V. Voronov, G. N. Mikhaĭlova, N. E. Kask, E. G. Leksina, S. V. Michurin, and G. M. Fedorov

J. Opt. Technol. 75(6), 378-383 (2008)  View: PDF

How illumination affects electron transport between nanoparticles in a sodium island film. Photoelectron emission from nanoparticles

T. A. Vartanyan, E. V. Vashchenko, N. B. Leonov, A. V. Papko, S. G. Przhibel’skiĭ, and V. V. Khromov

J. Opt. Technol. 75(6), 384-388 (2008)  View: PDF

Using laser sputtering to obtain semiconductor nanoheterostructures

B. N. Zvonkov, O. V. Vikhrova, Yu. A. Danilov, P. B. Demina, M. V. Dorokhin, V. V. Podol’skiĭ, E. S. Demidov, Yu. N. Drozdov, and M. V. Sapozhnikov

J. Opt. Technol. 75(6), 389-393 (2008)  View: PDF

Easy optical breakdown of air close to the surfaces of two transparent insulating plates

A. V. Kulikov and V. N. Smirnov

J. Opt. Technol. 75(6), 394-395 (2008)  View: PDF

New possibilities for measuring a pulse shape or a laser-radiation beam profile

V. A. Trofimov and S. A. Varentsova

J. Opt. Technol. 75(6), 396-400 (2008)  View: PDF

Converting the radiation of a flat source into a light tube of cylindrical shape

V. A. Zverev and I. Yu. Suborova

J. Opt. Technol. 75(6), 401-405 (2008)  View: PDF