1. Opening remarks by Academician Zhores Ivanovich Alferov

   OriginalPaper Pages: 723 - 723

2. A word about my teacher

   • B. P. Zakharchenya

   OriginalPaper Pages: 724 - 727

3. On the validity of Haynes rule for the binding of excitonic complexes in low dimensions

   • J. Singh

   OriginalPaper Pages: 728 - 730

4. Anomalous behavior of excitons at light holes in strained (In, Ga)As/GaAs heterostructures

   • Kh. Moumanis
   • R. P. Seisyan
   • G. Khitrova

   OriginalPaper Pages: 731 - 733

5. Magnetic polarons in semimagnetic-semiconductor-based heterostructures

   • K. V. Kavokin
   • I. A. Merkulov
   • D. R. Yakovlev

   OriginalPaper Pages: 734 - 736

6. Anomalous influence of magnetic field on the indirect exciton in GaAs/AlGaAs double quantum wells

   • V. V. Krivolapchuk
   • D. A. Mazurenko
   • C. T. Foxon

   OriginalPaper Pages: 737 - 739

7. Magnetic excitons in near-surface quantum wells: Experiment and theory

   • V. D. Kulakovskii
   • L. V. Kulik
   • A. Forchel

   OriginalPaper Pages: 740 - 742

8. Exciton dynamics in ZnCdSe/ZnSe quantum-well structures

   • S. A. Permogorov
   • A. N. Reznitskii
   • M. Jütte

   OriginalPaper Pages: 743 - 744

9. Optical studies of ZnSe/ZnMgSSe-based quantum-well semiconductor heterostructures

   • A. V. Platonov
   • V. P. Kochereshko
   • G. Landwehr

   OriginalPaper Pages: 745 - 746

10. Trions in quantum-well structures with two-dimensional electron gas

    • D. B. Turchinovich
    • V. P. Kochereshko
    • J. Kossut

    OriginalPaper Pages: 747 - 749

11. Influence of nonequilibrium phonons on exciton luminescence in CdTe/CdMnTe quantum wells

    • A. V. Shcherbakov
    • A. V. Akimov
    • J. Kossut

    OriginalPaper Pages: 750 - 753

12. Molecular layering of 2D films and superlattices based on II–VI compounds

    • R. A. Bisengaliev
    • B. V. Novikov
    • A. P. Savchenko

    OriginalPaper Pages: 754 - 755

13. Appearance of resonant Γ-X mixing in gradient GaAs/AlAs short-period superlattices

    • I. Ya. Gerlovin
    • Yu. K. Dolgikh
    • I. A. Nedokus

    OriginalPaper Pages: 756 - 757

14. Toward a theory of light absorption by excitons in quantum-well structures

    • V. A. Kosobukin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 758 - 760

15. Raman spectroscopy of resonance exciton tunneling in GaAs/AlAs superlattices in electric fields

    • V. F. Sapega
    • T. Ruf
    • K. Ploog

    OriginalPaper Pages: 761 - 763

16. Exciton spectra of semiconductor superlattices in a parallel magnetic field

    • N. N. Sibel’din
    • M. L. Skorikov
    • V. A. Tsvetkov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 764 - 766

17. Direct and spatially indirect excitons in GaAs/AlGaAs superlattices in strong magnetic fields

    • V. B. Timofeev
    • A. I. Tartakovskii
    • J. Hvam

    OriginalPaper Pages: 767 - 769

18. Dynamics of localized excitons in a superlattice grown by molecular-beam epitaxy with submonolayers of CdSe

    • A. A. Toporov
    • T. V. Shubina
    • B. Monemar

    OriginalPaper Pages: 770 - 771

19. Carrier statistics in quantum-dot lasers

    • M. Grundmann
    • R. Heitz
    • D. Bimberg

    OriginalPaper Pages: 772 - 774

20. Excitonic waveguiding and lasing in wide bandgap semiconductor

    • N. N. Ledentsov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 775 - 777

21. Excitonic effects in diluted magnetic semiconductor nanostructures

    • Yasuo Oka

    OriginalPaper Pages: 778 - 780

22. Structural characterization of self-organized nanostructures

    • S. Ruvimov
    • Z. Liliental-Weber
    • D. Bimberg

    OriginalPaper Pages: 781 - 783

23. Study of the phase composition of AgI microcrystals by exciton spectroscopy and differential scanning calorimetry

    • I. Kh. Akopyan
    • B. V. Novikov
    • S. A. Soboleva

    OriginalPaper Pages: 784 - 786

24. Effect of substrate misorientation on quantum-dot size distribution in the InAs/GaAs system

    • D. G. Vasil’ev
    • V. P. Evtikhiev
    • V. P. Kochereshko

    OriginalPaper Pages: 787 - 789

25. Optical orientation and alignment of excitons in quantum dots

    • R. I. Dzhioev
    • B. P. Zakharchenya
    • A. F. Tsatsul’nikov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 790 - 793

26. Effect of spin-orbit splitting on electron-hole transitions in microscopic CdS and CdTe crystals

    • A. A. Lipovskii
    • E. V. Kolobkova
    • V. D. Petrikov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 794 - 795

27. Manifestation of near-surface localized excitons in spectra of diffuse reflection of light

    • J. Madrigal-Melchor
    • F. Pérez-Rodríguez
    • H. Azucena-Coyotécatl

    OriginalPaper Pages: 796 - 797

28. Polariton reflectance spectra from thin ZnS_xSe_1−x layers

    • G. V. Astakhov
    • V. P. Kochereshko
    • G. Landwehr

    OriginalPaper Pages: 798 - 799

29. Thickness dependence of exciton absorption in pure GaAs crystals at the “prequantum” limit

    • G. N. Aliev
    • N. V. Luk’yanova
    • R. P. Seisyan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 800 - 802

30. Optics of excitons in systems with sharp heteroboundaries. Approximation of a strongly localized exciton wave function

    • G. F. Glinskii
    • K. O. Kravchenko

    OriginalPaper Pages: 803 - 805

31. Photoreflection and photoconduction spectra of CdS crystals: Excitons in the electric fields of surface states

    • R. A. Bisengaliev
    • É. D. Batyrev
    • A. V. Sel’kin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 806 - 807

32. A series of free exciton lines in zinc diarsenide

    • V. A. Morozova
    • V. S. Vavilov
    • S. F. Marenkin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 808 - 809

33. Excitons in the preionization electric field of a Schottky barrier

    • A. B. Novikov
    • B. V. Novikov
    • Yu. A. Bumai

    OriginalPaper Pages: 810 - 811

34. Structure of the free exciton luminescence band of heteroepitaxial ZnSe/GaAs layers

    • Yu. P. Rakovich
    • A. L. Gurskii
    • M. Khoiken

    OriginalPaper Pages: 812 - 813

35. Excitons in ZnP₂ crystals in the electric field of a Schottky barrier

    • S. O. Romanovskii
    • A. V. Sel’kin
    • N. A. Feoktistov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 814 - 815

36. Excitons in heteroepitaxial CdSe/CdS structures

    • D. L. Fedorov
    • E. P. Denisov
    • G. G. Yakushcheva

    OriginalPaper Pages: 816 - 818

37. Intrinsic luminescence of amorphous and disordered crystalline systems

    • A. A. Klochikhin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 819 - 820

38. Diffusion of excitons in CdS-Se and ZnSe-Te solid solutions at high excitation levels

    • A. A. Klochikhin
    • S. A. Permogorov
    • C. Klingshirn

    OriginalPaper Pages: 821 - 822

39. Anisotropy of cubic semimagnetic Cd_1−x Mn_xTe solid solutions and excitonic magnetic polaron energy from polarized-luminescence measurements

    • A. V. Kudinov
    • Yu. G. Kusraev
    • V. N. Yakimovich

    OriginalPaper Pages: 823 - 825

40. Exciton luminescence of Cd_1−x Fe_xTe solid solutions

    • S. A. Permogorov
    • L. N. Tenishev
    • T. P. Surkova

    OriginalPaper Pages: 826 - 828

41. Optical and thermal orientation of localized excitons in solid solutions under resonant excitation in a longitudinal magnetic field

    • A. N. Reznitskii
    • A. V. Kornievskii
    • C. Klingshirn

    OriginalPaper Pages: 829 - 830

42. Lattice rearrangement induced by excitons in cryocrystals

    • E. V. Savchenko
    • A. N. Ogurtsov
    • O. N. Grigorashchenko

    OriginalPaper Pages: 831 - 833

43. Vibronic charge-transfer excitons: Possible nature of the unusual properties of virtual perovskitelike ferroelectrics

    • V. S. Vikhnin
    • S. Kapphan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 834 - 836

44. Structure of the self-trapped exciton luminescence in α-Al₂O₃

    • B. R. Namozov
    • M. É. Fominich
    • V. V. Myurk

    OriginalPaper Pages: 837 - 838

45. Vacuum-ultraviolet plasma Frenkel excitons: Elementary excitations of polymerized fullerene

    • V. V. Rotkin
    • R. A. Suris

    OriginalPaper Pages: 839 - 841

46. Relaxation and hot luminescence in solid Xe

    • V. Hizhnyakov
    • M. Selg
    • D. Nevedrov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 842 - 843

47. Weak localization and nonlinear optical responses of exciton polaritons

    • E. Hanamura

    OriginalPaper Pages: 844 - 846

48. Two-photon photo-voltaic spectroscopy on wannier excitons in Cu₂O

    • N. Naka
    • M. Hasuo
    • N. Nagasawa

    OriginalPaper Pages: 847 - 849

49. Exciton absorption and optical-gain bands in the presence of laser radiation

    • S. A. Moskalenko
    • V. G. Pavlov
    • V. R. Mis’ko

    OriginalPaper Pages: 850 - 852

50. Features of the optical bistability in an exciton-biexciton system

    • O. F. Pasechnik
    • P. I. Khadzhi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 853 - 854