Coherent backscattering of light from saturated atoms

We survey recent progress achieved in understanding the impact of inelastic processes on coherent backscattering of light from cold atoms that are saturated by a powerful laser field.     

On the interpretation of the racemic states of the B 2 phase of banana-shaped mesogens

We show that the racemic states of the B 2 phase of liquid crystals composed of banana-shaped molecules do not satisfy the Curie principle. Thus it is argued that these states cannot exist in bulk samples and the homochiral states constitute the only stable microscopic structures. A reinterpretation of the racemic states with the same macroscopic optical behaviour is proposed in terms of mixtures of the homochiral structures.     

Spectrum of a random Schrödinger difference operator

Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 50, No. 3, pp. 81–86, September, 1991.     

Filtering formulas

Translated from algebra i Logika, Vol. 30, No. 6, pp. 693–704, November–December, 1991.     

Surface analysis and surface measuring techniques in firearm offences

Summary When a shot is fired, the projectile and the cartridge case are released from the weapon, as well as components of the priming charge and propellant, the so-called powder-gunshot residues. In order to solve firearm offences, it is therefore very important to determine the topography of trace-bearing areas on the bullet and the cartridge case, as well as the chemical composition of gunshot residue particles. Gunshot residue particles are made visible with the scanning electron microscope (SEM) and are analysed by means of energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDXS) and lately also by means of wavelength-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (WDXS). In addition to this, analyses of these particles are displayed by means of Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) and secondary ion mass spectroscopy (SIMS) and depth profiles are prepared. To determine the local distributions of gunshot residue elements with regard to their quantity, the direct Zeeman atomic absorption spectroscopy (DZ-AAS) is employed. Besides the determination of the chemical composition, the topography of the trace-bearing areas on the bullet and cartridge case plays an important part. For the detection of these surfaces, light optical and electron-optical methods are employed. Moreover, the use of opto-electronical testing systems has been attracting more and more attention recently.     

Magnetic structure of the interface between ferromagnet and antiferromagnet with parallel anisotropy axes

The structure of a spin spiral arising in the vicinity of the interface between a ferromagnet and a compensated antiferromagnet is studied in the case where the anisotropy axes of the layers are parallel to each other, and the evolution of this spiral in an external magnetic field is investigated.     

Narrowband filters based on one-barrier crystallike structures

A method of producing narrowband high-selectivity filters based on resonance tunneling in onebarrier crystallike structures is proposed. Characteristics illustrating the efficiency of the method are presented.     

Charge injection in study of ferroelectric film properties

A model of a capacitor with a two-layer insulator has been considered. The current density exponentially depends on voltage in one of layers and is negligible in the other layer. The dependences of current on the time of voltage action and the charge-voltage characteristics of the two-layer capacitor have been calculated. The results obtained can be used to detect and study charge injection during polarization of ferroelectrics.     

Low-mode tomography of inhomogeneities in a shallow sea

Potentialities of observing spatially localized inhomogeneities by the low-frequency low-mode pulsed diffraction tomography in a shallow sea are analyzed. A numerically simulated model is used to study the procedure of reconstructing the parameters of inhomogeneities by coprocessing the signals of the tomographic projections formed at the multistatic excitation and reception of low-frequency low-mode acoustic pulses.