Stimulated Mandel¿ shtam ¿ Brillouin Scattering Lasers V. V. Ragul¿skii.- I Conditions for Obtaining Stationary Lasing with Stimulated Scattering of Light.- ¿ 1. Influence of Intensity, Energy Density, and Exciting-Radiation Pulse Duration on the Laser Operation.- ¿ 2. Experimental Verification of the Conditions for Stationary Lasing.- II Gains and Line Widths for SMBS in Gases.- III Single-Frequency SMBS Ring Laser.- ¿ 1. Feasibility of Effective Conversion of Pump Radiation.- ¿ 2. Single-Frequency SMBS Laser.- IV Operation of SMBS Amplifier in the Saturation Regime.- ¿ 1. Characteristics of SMBS Amplifier in the Stationary Regime.- ¿ 2. Experimental Investigation of Amplifier Operation in the Saturation Region.- V Q Switching by SMBS.- ¿ 1. Lasing Dynamics.- ¿ 2. Conditions under Which Q Switching Is Possible.- ¿ 3. Experimental Verification of the Q-Switching Conditions.- VI Inversion of the Exciting-Radiation Wave Front in SMBS.- ¿ 1. Comparison of the Wave Fronts of the Exciting and Scattered Light with the Aid of a Phase Plate.- ¿ 2. Influence of the Structure of the Exciting Radiation Field on the Shape of the Scattered-Light Front.- ¿ 3. Compensation for the Phase Distortions in an Amplifying Medium with the Aid of a ¿Brillouin Mirror¿.- VII SMBS in the Case of Exciting Radiation with a Broad Spectrum.- Appendix Experimental Technique.- ¿ 1. Divergence Measurement Procedure.- ¿ 2. Cell for Optical Investigations of Compressed Gases.- ¿ 3. Faraday Decoupler.- ¿ 4. Single-Mode Ruby Laser with Pulse Duration 60 nsec.- ¿ 5. Single-Mode Ruby Laser with Pulse Duration 60-200 nsec.- ¿ 6. Fabry ¿ Perot Etalon with 46-cm Base..- Literature Cited.- Compressed-Gas Lasers V. A. Danilychev, O. M. Kerimov, and I. B. Kovsh.- I Electroionization Method of Exciting Compressed-Gas Lasers.- ¿ 1. Mechanism of Current Flow through the Active Medium of an Electroionization Laser.- ¿ 2. Experimental Technique.- 2.1. Construction of Laser Chambers.- 2.2. Optical Resonators.- 2.3. Measurements of Laser Parameters.- ¿ 3. Electric Characteristics of Active Medium.- 3.1. Calculation of the Characteristics of the Discharge Excited by the Electroionization Method.- 3.2. Experimental Investigation of a Nonautonomous Discharge Initiated in a Compressed Gas by an Intense Electron Beam ¿ Discussion of Results..- II Electroionization CO2 High-Pressure Laser.- ¿ 1. Kinetics of Population of Working Levels, Gain of Active Medium of Electroionization CO2 Laser.- ¿ 2. Threshold Characteristics, Output Energy, Power, and Efficiency of Laser, Divergence of the Radiation..- ¿ 3. Gain Spectrum of Electroionization CO2 Laser.- ¿ 4. Relaxation of Upper Laser Level at High Pressures.- ¿ 5. Operating Regimes of Electroionization CO2 Lasers.- III High-Pressure Gas Lasers Using Other Working Media.- ¿ 1. Electroionization CO Laser.- ¿ 2. Laser Operating with Compressed Xenon and Ar:Xe Mixture..- ¿ 3. Ultraviolet High-Pressure Laser Using the Mixture Ar:N2.- Conclusion.- Appendix Theory of Current Flow through an Ionized Gas.- Literature Cited.- Experimental Investigation of the Reflection and Absorptionof High-Power Radiation in a Laser Plasma O. N. Krokhin, G. V. Sklizkov, and A. S. Shikanov.- I Reflection of Laser Radiation from a Plasma (Survey of the Literature).- ¿ 1. Experimental Conditions Realized in Research on Laser-Plasma Parameters.- ¿ 2. Energy Composition of the Reflected Radiation, Anomalous Character of the Interaction of Laser Radiation with a Plasma in a Wide Range of Flux Densities.- ¿ 3. Spectral Composition of Reflected and Scattered Radiation.- II Investigation of the Absorption of Laser Radiation in Thin Targets.- ¿ 1. Experimental Setup.- ¿ 2. Multiframe Schlieren Photography in Ruby-Laser Light, Spatial Resolution.- ¿ 3. Determination of the Time of Bleaching of a Thin Target.- ¿ 4. Investigation of the Dynamics of Motion of Shock Waves in the Gas Surrounding the Target, Absorbed Energy.- ¿ 5. Discussion of Results.- III Reflection of Laser Radiation from a Dense Plasma.- ¿ 1. Experimental Setup.- ¿ 2. Behavior of the Coefficient of Reflection of Laser Radiation from a Plasma in the Flux-Density Interval 1010-1014 W/cm2.- ¿ 3. Dependence of the Reflection Coefficient on the Time, Plasma Probing by Ruby-Laser Radiation.- ¿ 4. Oscillations of Reflected Radiation with Time.- ¿ 5. Directivity of Reflected Radiation.- IV Generation of Harmonics of the Heating-Radiation Frequency in a Laser Plasma.- ¿ 1. Investigation of the Generation of the Second Harmonic of the Heating Radiation in a Laser Plasma, Dependence on the Flux Density, Variation with Time..- ¿ 2. Generation of 3/2?0 Line.- V Anisotropy of X Rays from a Laser Plasma.- ¿ l¿ Procedure of Multichannel Measurement of Continuous X Radiation.- ¿ 2. Investigation of the Directivity of the X Rays.- ¿ 3. Possibility of Measuring the Electron ¿Temperature¿ of a Laser Plasma by the ¿Absorber¿ Method.- Literature Cited.- Experimental Study of Cumulative Phenomena in a Plasma Focus and in a Laser Plasma V. A. Gribkov, O. N. Krokhin, G. V. Sklizkov, N. V. Filippov, and T. I. Filippova.- I Procedure of High-Speed Interferometric Investigation of a Nonstationary Dense Plasma.- ¿ 1. The Maximum Information Obtained by Optical Laser Research Methods.- ¿ 2. High-Speed Laser Setup for Interferometric Investigations of a Plasma Focus and Cumulative Laser-Plasma Configurations.- ¿ 3. Synchronization Methods.- ¿ 4. Discussion of the Applicability of Laser Interferometry and Interpretation of the Interference Patterns.- II Investigation of Cumulative Stage of Plasma Focus.- ¿ 1. Parameters of the ¿Plasma Focus¿ Installation.- ¿ 2. Results of Reduction of the Interference Patterns of the First Contraction of the Plasma Focus.- ¿ 3. Intermediate Phase.- ¿ 4. Second ¿Contraction¿ of Plasma Focus.- ¿ 5. Concluding Stage.- III Discussion of Results of Experiments with Plasma Focus.- ¿ 1. First¿Contraction¿.- ¿ 2. Intermediate Phase.- ¿ 3. Second #x201C, Contraction¿.- ¿ 4. Neutron Emission from Plasma Focus.- IV Investigations of Cumulative Laser Plasma.- ¿ 1. Experimental Setup.- ¿ 2. Collision of Two Laser Flares.- ¿ 3. Quasi-cylindrical Cumulation of Laser Plasma....- ¿ 4. Investigation of X Rays from a Cumulative Laser.- ¿ 5. Probe Studies of Laser Plasma.- V Discussion of Experimental Results.- ¿ 1. Collision of Flares.- ¿ 2. Cone Cumulation.- Conclusion.- Literature Cited.