Celebrating 50 years of the laser

“50 years of the laser era” Phys. Usp. 54 1–2 (2011)

O.N. Krokhin “Laser: a source of coherent light” Phys. Usp. 54 3–7 (2011)

Reviews of topical problems

A.V. Korzhimanov, A.A. Gonoskov, E.A. Khazanov, A.M. Sergeev “Horizons of petawatt laser technology” Phys. Usp. 54 9–28 (2011)

A.M. Zheltikov “The Raman effect in femto- and attosecond physics” Phys. Usp. 54 29–51 (2011)

A.V. Kildishev, V.M. Shalaev “Transformation optics and metamaterials” Phys. Usp. 54 53–63 (2011)

From the history of physics

I.A. Shcherbakov “Development history of the laser” Phys. Usp. 54 65–71 (2011)

I.M. Belousova “The laser in the USSR: the first steps” Phys. Usp. 54 73–75 (2011)

A.M. Leontovich, Z.A. Chizhikova “On the creation of the first ruby laser in Moscow” Phys. Usp. 54 77–85 (2011)

Conferences and symposia

“Celebrating 50 years of the laser (Joint scientific session of the Physical Sciences Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences and of the Scientific Councils of the P N Lebedev Physical Institute, RAS and the A M Prokhorov General Physics Institute, RAS, 21 April 2010)” Phys. Usp. 54 87–104 (2011)

A.V. Masalov “Optical Department of the Lebedev Physical Institute: early work on lasers” Phys. Usp. 54 87–91 (2011)

S.V. Garnov, I.A. Shcherbakov “Laser methods for generating megavolt terahertz pulses” Phys. Usp. 54 91–96 (2011)

Yu.M. Popov “The early history of the injection laser” Phys. Usp. 54 96–100 (2011)

A.A. Manenkov “Self-focusing of laser pulses: current state and future prospects” Phys. Usp. 54 100–104 (2011)

Personalia

E.P. Velikhov, A.V. Gaponov-Grekhov, S.V. Gaponov, V.V. Zheleznyakov, L.M. Zelenyi, E.P. Kruglyakov, V.A. Matveev, G.A. Mesyats, A.M. Sergeev, V.P. Smirnov, V.I. Talanov, V.E. Fortov “Alexander Grigorievich Litvak (on his 70th birthday)” Phys. Usp. 54 105–106 (2011)

E.B. Aleksandrov, Zh.I. Alferov, S.N. Bagaev, T.T. Basiev, A.G. Zabrodskii, V.V. Kveder, L.V. Keldysh, B.V. Novikov, V.V. Osiko, R.A. Suris, V.B. Timofeev, I.A. Shcherbakov “Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Kaplyanskii (on his 80th birthday)” Phys. Usp. 54 107–108 (2011)

A.F. Andreev, A.A. Boyarchuk, D.A. Varshalovich, A.V. Gaponov-Grekhov, L.M. Zelenyi, V.V. Kocharovsky, A.G. Litvak, E.A. Mareev, R.A. Sunyaev, V.I. Talanov, I.E. Trümper, A.M. Cherepashchuk “Vladimir Vasil’evich Zheleznyakov (on his 80th birthday)” Phys. Usp. 54 109–111 (2011)

Bibliography

E.V. Zakharova “New books on physics and related sciences” Phys. Usp. 54 113–115 (2011)

Physics news on the internet

Yu.N. Eroshenko “Physics news on the Internet (based on electronic preprints)” Phys. Usp. 54 117–118 (2011)