1. Effect of the orientation of the crystallographic surface of CdS crystals on the shape of exciton radiation bands (letter to the editor)

   • G. P. Yablonskii
   • Yu. P. Rakovich
   • A. A. Gladyshuk

   Letter Pages: 615 - 618

2. Effective excitation cross sections of Al II in collisions of electrons with aluminum atoms

   • Yu. M. Smirnov

   OriginalPaper Pages: 619 - 623

3. Analytical aspects of the atomic-emission spectrum of a laser plasma in detecting traces of carbon in silicon

   • S. P. Zhukov
   • B. I. Troshin
   • A. A. Chernenko

   OriginalPaper Pages: 624 - 627

4. Radiation spectrum of a glow discharge in chlorine

   • A. M. Efremov
   • A. P. Kupriyanovskaya
   • V. I. Svettsov

   OriginalPaper Pages: 628 - 632

5. Influence of growth defects on the scintillation characteristics of YAlO₃:Ce single crystals

   • P. Dorenbos
   • M. V. Korzhik
   • A. A. Fyodorov

   OriginalPaper Pages: 633 - 638

6. Investigation of the photoreactive excited state of anthracene molecules in the presence of CCl₄

   • O. V. Butrimovich
   • V. V. Gurinovich
   • V. V. Gruzinskii

   OriginalPaper Pages: 639 - 643

7. Raman spectra and structure of polytetrafluoroethylene subjected to elastic deformation grinding

   • S. P. Firsov
   • G. R. Zhbankov
   • A. Gafurov

   OriginalPaper Pages: 644 - 647

8. Calculation of intermolecular vibrations of the orientationally ordered low-temperature phase of fullerene C₆₀

   • S. I. Lipin
   • B. N. Mavrin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 648 - 652

9. Kinetics and mechanism of photoprotonation of coumarin-102 by sulfuric acid in ethanol

   • S. I. Druzhinin
   • B. D. Bursulaya
   • B. M. Uzhinov

   OriginalPaper Pages: 653 - 658

10. Asymmetry of the contours of the fundamental vibrational bands of absorption of liquid chloroform and methylene chloride

    • V. D. Danchuk
    • A. F. Kravchuk
    • Yu. P. Tsyashchenko

    OriginalPaper Pages: 659 - 663

11. Spectrochemical responses of a fixed copper(II) complex to methanol vapor

    • A. F. Novikov
    • I. G. Shalkovsky
    • Jao-Henge

    OriginalPaper Pages: 664 - 669

12. Numerical simulation of the autograph of a waveguide CO₂-laser with a rectangular resonator and plane mirrors

    • V. A. Saechnikov
    • G. Shiffner

    OriginalPaper Pages: 670 - 676

13. Use of laser diodes in the circuit of an optical detector of ignition sites

    • L. I. Gurinovich
    • V. P. Duraev
    • G. M. Zabello

    OriginalPaper Pages: 677 - 681

14. Luminescence and absorption bistability in a medium with nonradiative energy transfer and capture of energy

    • O. D. Asenchik
    • V. V. Mogilnyi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 682 - 686

15. Luminescent properties of uranyl ions adsorbed on the surface of disperse silicon dioxide

    • I. Ya. Kushnirenko
    • Yu. D. Glinka
    • V. M. Ogenko

    OriginalPaper Pages: 687 - 692

16. Luminescence and radiation effects in lithium triborate crystals

    • V. A. Maslov
    • I. N. Ogorodnikov
    • A. Yu. Kuznetsov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 693 - 698

17. Photochemical processes in the iron(III) chloride-dye-binder system

    • A. M. Polikanin
    • B. A. Budkevich

    OriginalPaper Pages: 699 - 704

18. Study of the properties of the thyroxine-binding site in human apolipoprotein A-I by using fluorescent probes imitating natural ligands

    • E. S. Pyshko
    • N. A. Fil'chenkov
    • O. V. Sviridov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 705 - 710

19. Spectral characteristics and mechanisms of forming “chloroform-dependent” tryptophan photoproducts

    • S. V. Pinchuk
    • A. V. Vorobei

    OriginalPaper Pages: 711 - 715

20. Optical properties of CdS(O) single crystals grown under controllable pressure of sulfur and cadmium vapors

    • N. K. Morozova
    • A. V. Morozov
    • V. I. Muratova

    OriginalPaper Pages: 716 - 723

21. Photodichroism of color centers responsible for the F-band in alkaline-haloid crystals

    • S. A. Mikhnov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 724 - 729

22. Spectral control of the thickness of metal coatings

    • S. G. Astashenko
    • N. S. Gridnev
    • A. G. Nepokoichitskii

    Brief Communications Pages: 730 - 732

23. Raman spectra and conformation analysis of halogenoethers

    • V. L. Furer
    • V. V. Alekseev

    Brief Communications Pages: 733 - 736

24. Excitation of forbidden helium lines in the cathode layer of an atmospheric glow discharge in helium

    • D. A. Solov'yanchik

    Brief Communications Pages: 737 - 739

25. Thermotransformations of chromenoacridines

    • B. M. Gutsulyak
    • Kh. V. Gutsulyak
    • I. I. Sereda

    Brief Communications Pages: 740 - 742

26. Spectral-fluorescent properties of oxazine dyes in water-soluble polymers

    • K. U. Umarov
    • A. N. Nizamov
    • M. O. Yunusova

    Brief Communications Pages: 743 - 745

27. Influence of excitation conditions on the intensity of luminescence bands of a KBr crystal

    • M. M. Taiirov
    • Z. A. Zhumabekov

    Brief Communications Pages: 746 - 748

28. Luminescence and absorption of natural waters with a thallium admixture

    • M. U. Belyi
    • S. E. Zelenskii
    • Yu. P. Fedotov

    Brief Communications Pages: 749 - 751

29. Cathodoluminescence of thin films of cadmium fluoride

    • V. A. Bernatskii

    Brief Communications Pages: 752 - 754

30. Disorder of the crystals of natural diamond in polyenergetic implantation of boron ions

    • A. N. Akimov
    • L. A. Vlasukova
    • N. A. Tat'yanina

    Brief Communications Pages: 755 - 757

31. Change in the optical constants of a semiconductor gap crystal under conditions of high-power laser action

    • I. V. Kityk
    • O. B. Bilen'kaya

    Brief Communications Pages: 758 - 761