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1 Fundamentals of nonlinear optics |
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1 | (40) |
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1 | (7) |
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1.1 Polarization of dielectrics in a constant electric field |
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8 | (4) |
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1.2 Polarization of an isotropic dielectric in a light field |
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12 | (5) |
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1.3 Interaction of high intensity electromagnetic fields with the nonlinear medium |
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17 | (10) |
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1.3.1 Generation of the second harmonics |
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21 | (1) |
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1.3.2 The phase synchronism condition |
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22 | (2) |
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1.3.3 Generation of the second optical harmonic (SHG) |
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24 | (3) |
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1.4 The Kerr effect in a nonlinear medium |
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27 | (4) |
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28 | (2) |
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1.4.2 Dynamic (optical) Kerr effect |
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30 | (1) |
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1.5 Kerr self-focusing of light in a nonlinear medium |
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31 | (5) |
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36 | (2) |
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1.7 Phase self-modulation of light radiation |
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38 | (3) |
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2 Filamentation phenomena and generation of supercontinuum in propagation of laser pulses in a nonlinear medium |
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41 | (30) |
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41 | (19) |
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2.2 Filamentation of pulsed radiation in gaseous media |
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60 | (5) |
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2.3 Filamentation of laser radiation in the atmosphere |
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65 | (6) |
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71 | (33) |
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71 | (1) |
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3.1 Band gaps of photonic crystals |
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71 | (10) |
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3.2 Defects in photonic crystals |
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81 | (7) |
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3.3 Photonic crystal fibres |
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88 | (16) |
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3.3.1 Bragg fibre optic lightguides |
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91 | (3) |
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3.3.2 2D-photonic crystal fibres |
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94 | (10) |
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4 Nonlinear optics of fibre waveguides |
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104 | (75) |
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104 | (1) |
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4.1 Nonlinear optical processes in optical fibres |
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104 | (4) |
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4.2 Waveguide enhancement of the efficiency of nonlinear optical processes in fibre guides |
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108 | (2) |
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4.3 Phase self-modulation of radiation in optical fibres |
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110 | (4) |
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4.4 Effect of dispersion on nonlinear processes in optical fibres |
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114 | (3) |
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4.5 Phase cross-modulation of pulses in fibre guides |
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117 | (2) |
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4.6 Four-wave mixing of waves |
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119 | (3) |
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4.7 Stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) radiation in optical fibres |
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122 | (5) |
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4.8 Stimulated Mandel'shtam-Brillouin scattering in optical fibres |
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127 | (3) |
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4.9 The propagation of ultrashort laser pulses in optical fibres |
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130 | (11) |
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4.9.1 Pumping in the region of normal dispersion |
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133 | (5) |
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4.9.2 Pumping in the region of anomalous dispersion |
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138 | (3) |
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4.10 Generation of a supercontinuum in optical fibres |
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141 | (2) |
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4.11 Nonlinear properties of photonic crystal fibres |
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143 | (36) |
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4.11.1 Dispersive properties of microstructured (MS) optical fibres |
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145 | (6) |
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4.11.2 Generation of a supercontinuum in MS optical fibres, for which the pump pulse wavelength lies in the region of anomalous dispersion |
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151 | (13) |
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4.11.3 Generation of supercontinuum in MS fibre lightguides in pumping in the region of normal dispersion |
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164 | (3) |
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4.11.4 Generation of supercontinuum in MS optical fibres having two zero-dispersion wavelengths |
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167 | (6) |
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4.11.5 Nonlinear optical properties of holey PC optical fibres |
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173 | (6) |
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179 | (87) |
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179 | (2) |
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5.1 The principle of the fibre laser |
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181 | (14) |
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5.1.1 Active optical fibres |
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181 | (7) |
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5.1.2 Resonators of fibre lasers |
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188 | (1) |
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5.1.2.1 Fabry--Perot type resonators |
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188 | (2) |
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5.1.2.2 Ring fibre resonators |
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190 | (1) |
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5.1.2.3 Resonator based on fibre Bragg gratings |
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191 | (3) |
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5.1.3 Special features of active lightguides as a medium of amplification of radiation |
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194 | (1) |
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5.2 Continuous fibre lasers |
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195 | (8) |
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5.2.1 Fibre lasers based on active fibres doped with neodymium (Nd3+) |
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196 | (2) |
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5.2.2 Lasers based on active lightguides of doped with ytterbium (Yb3+) |
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198 | (1) |
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5.2.3 Fibre-based lasers based on active optical fibres doped with erbium ions (Er3+) |
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199 | (2) |
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5.2.4 Fibre lasers based on active optic fibres, doped with thulium ions (Tm3+) |
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201 | (1) |
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5.2.5 Fibre-based lasers based on active optical fibres, doped with holmium ions (Ho3+) |
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202 | (1) |
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5.3 Fibre lasers based on stimulated Raman scattering of radiation (fibre SRS lasers) |
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203 | (15) |
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5.3.1 The phenomenon of stimulated Raman scattering of radiation in optical fibres |
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203 | (5) |
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5.3.2 Fibre-optic SRS lasers |
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208 | (1) |
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5.3.2.1 Single-stage SRS lasers |
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208 | (2) |
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5.3.2.2 Multistage SRS lasers |
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210 | (1) |
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5.3.2.3 Composite SRS lasers |
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210 | (3) |
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5.3.2.4 Fibre-optic SRS lasers with random distributed feedback |
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213 | (5) |
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218 | (48) |
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5.4.1 Methods for obtaining pulsed radiation from fibre lasers |
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219 | (1) |
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5.4.1.1 Modulation of the quality factor of fibre lasers |
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219 | (2) |
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5.4.1.2 Generation of pulsed radiation due to mode-locking |
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221 | (21) |
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5.4.2 Compensation of dispersion spreading pulses |
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242 | (5) |
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5.4.2.1 Prism compensators of group velocity dispersion |
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247 | (3) |
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5.4.2.2 Grating compensator of the group velocity dispersion |
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250 | (2) |
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5.4.2.3 Compensator for group velocity dispersion based on the Gires--Tournois interferometer |
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252 | (2) |
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5.4.2.4 Compensators of group velocity dispersion based on chirped Bragg mirrors |
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254 | (8) |
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5.4.3 Amplification of ultrashort pulse in fibre lasers |
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262 | (4) |
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6 Photonics of Nanostructured Biomineral Objects and Their Biomimetic Analogues |
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266 | (30) |
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6.1 Morphology and physico-chemical characteristics of spicules of deep-sea glass sponges |
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269 | (8) |
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6.2 The role of the photonic-crystal properties of the spicules of deep-sea sponges during their metabolism |
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277 | (3) |
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6.3 Nonlinear optical properties of the spicules of deep-sea glass sponges |
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280 | (3) |
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6.4 Biomimetic modelling of biosilicate nanocomposite material of DSGS spicules |
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283 | (8) |
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6.4.1 Sol-gel technology of chemical modelling of biomineral materials and their optical characteristics |
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283 | (3) |
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6.4.2 2-D and 3-D biomimetic nanocomposite biomineral structures for photonics, biomedicine, catalysis and sorption |
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286 | (5) |
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6.5 Biosilification in living systems using cloned proteins silicateins |
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291 | (5) |
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7 Dynamic Holography and Optical Novelty-Filters |
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296 | (24) |
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296 | (2) |
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7.1 The interaction of two plane waves on dynamic holograms in photorefractive crystals |
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298 | (4) |
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7.2 The transfer characteristic of an optical Novelty-filter |
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302 | (4) |
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7.3 Features of optical Novelty-filters |
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306 | (4) |
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7.3.1 Low-frequency and high-frequency Novelty-filters |
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306 | (3) |
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7.3.2 Bandwidth Novelty filter |
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309 | (1) |
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7.4 Novelty-filters based on the use of the phenomenon of fanning in photorefractive crystals |
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310 | (10) |
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7.4.1 Functional Novelty-filters for processing images based on the fanning effect |
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312 | (3) |
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7.4.2 High-frequency correlation real-time Novelty-filters |
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315 | (5) |
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8 Adaptive Optoelectronic Smart Grid Systems for Monitoring Physical Fields and Objects |
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320 | (33) |
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320 | (3) |
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8.1 Tomographic DFOMS for reconstructing the distributions of scalar and vector physical fields |
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323 | (6) |
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8.2 Extended FOML based on single-fibre multimode interferometers and adaptive spatial filtering methods |
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329 | (4) |
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8.3 Methods for multiplexing fibre-optic measuring lines in Smart Grid monitoring systems |
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333 | (20) |
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8.3.1 Spatial multiplexing |
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338 | (2) |
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340 | (4) |
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8.3.3 Spectral multiplexing |
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344 | (9) |
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9 Laser Cooling, Trapping and Control of Atoms |
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353 | (37) |
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353 | (1) |
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354 | (3) |
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357 | (5) |
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9.3 Stopping and trapping atoms |
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362 | (3) |
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362 | (1) |
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9.3.2 Magnetooptical traps |
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363 | (2) |
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365 | (6) |
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9.5 Laser cooling below the recoil level |
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371 | (4) |
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9.5.1 Cooling of atoms based on the selective coherent trapping of their populations based on their velocity |
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371 | (2) |
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9.5.2 Evaporative cooling of atoms |
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373 | (2) |
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9.6 The physics of cold atoms and its applications |
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375 | (15) |
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9.6.1 One-component plasma |
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376 | (1) |
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9.6.2 Bose---Einstein condensation of atoms |
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377 | (3) |
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380 | (3) |
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9.6.4 Atomic fountain and atomic clock |
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383 | (1) |
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384 | (1) |
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9.6.5.1 Methods of constructing elements of atomic optics |
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385 | (4) |
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9.6.5.2 Atomic optical nanolithography |
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389 | (1) |
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10 Photonics of Nanostructures |
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390 | (66) |
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10.1 Energy spectrum of nanoscale structures |
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395 | (16) |
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10.1.1 Bulk crystal structure |
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397 | (1) |
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10.1.1.1 Energy spectrum of charge carriers in the bulk crystal structure |
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397 | (1) |
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10.1.1.2 Density of electron states in the energy band |
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398 | (1) |
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10.1.2 One-dimensional isolated quantum well and quantum thread |
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399 | (1) |
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10.1.2.1 One-dimensional isolated quantum well |
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400 | (3) |
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403 | (2) |
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10.1.2.3 The density of electron states for an isolated one-dimensional quantum well |
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405 | (2) |
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10.1.2.4 The density of states for a quantum thread |
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407 | (1) |
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10.1.3 Quantum dots and the density of states of electrons in them |
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408 | (3) |
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10.2 Exciton states in semiconductor and dielectric materials |
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411 | (9) |
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10.2.1 Free excitons or Wannier--Mott excitons |
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411 | (7) |
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10.2.2 Bound excitons (Frenkel excitons) |
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418 | (2) |
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10.3 Influence of the form of nanoparticles on the energy subsystem of charge carriers |
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420 | (12) |
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10.3.1 Single-particle states in the nanoparticles of the complicated shape |
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422 | (4) |
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10.3.2 Two-particle (exciton) states in nanoparticles with irregular shape geometry |
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426 | (6) |
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10.4 Influence of the environment on the energy spectrum of excitons in nanoparticles |
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432 | (12) |
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10.5 Low-energy optical nonlinearity of liquid nanocomposite media based on nanoparticles |
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444 | (12) |
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