S I Vavilov and nonlinear optics

Anatolii V Masalov, Zoya A Chizhikova

Boris F Polkovnikov

A review is given of the papers presented at the Fourth Vavilov Conference on Nonlinear Optics, held in Novosibirsk on June 12–14, 1975. The main topics at this Conference were nonlinear processes in matter and nonlinear laser spectroscopy, laser separation of isotopes and laser chemistry, short-wavelength lasers, and phase transitions in laser fields. Seventy papers were presented at the Conference and 18 of them were read by foreign specialists.

Avijit Lahiri

Wolfgang Demtröder

Boris F Polkovnikov, G. G. Telegin

A review is given of the papers presented at the now traditional (eighth in the series) Vavilov Conference on Nonlinear Optics, which took place in Akademgorodok near Novosibirsk on June 22–25, 1981. The scientific program covered the following topics: new methods and the phenomena in nonlinear laser spectroscopy and nonlinear optics, control of the motion of various microparticles (atoms, molecules, ions) by laser fields, effects of laser radiation on complex molecules (including biomolecules), and laser methods in fundamental physical experiments (in particular, in the search for parity nonconservation in atomic processes). Over 200 scientists from 12 countries participated in the Conference.

V. P. Chebotaev