Yu.Yu. Stoilov Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prosp. 53, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation
CONTENTS 1. Introduction 354 2. Problems in the development of lasers utilizing complex organic compounds 355 3. Feasibility of construction of high-energy lasers utilizing solutions of complex organic compounds and operating in the bleaching wave regime. Characteristics of bleaching wave lasers 355 4. Active media for bleaching wave lasers 357 5. First bleaching wave lasers 360 6. Future of bleaching wave lasers 361 References 362