Foreword from the editors of this issue

A. A. Buznikov and A. I. Stepanov

J. Opt. Technol. 66(8), 673- (1999)  View: PDF

Estimating the heat losses of nuclear power stations from space-based thermal imaging data

V. I. Gorny , S. G. Kritsuk, I. Sh. Latypov, A. A. Tronin, and B. V. Shilin

J. Opt. Technol. 66(8), 676- (1999)  View: PDF

Using a gas viewer to study the spatial distribution of anthropogenic gases in the near-earth atmosphere

V. S. Davydov and A. V. Afonin

J. Opt. Technol. 66(8), 682- (1999)  View: PDF

Model experiments on estimating the effect of heavy metals on the reflectivity of plants in the visible region

A. A. Buznikov, O. O. Stepanov, P. B. Rakushin, D. M. Tsytrin, N. V. Alekseeva-Popova, A. I. Belyaeva, and I. B. Kalimova

J. Opt. Technol. 66(8), 687- (1999)  View: PDF

Monitoring the dialysis liquid during hemodialysis from the extinction spectra in the UV region

A. M. Vasilevski and N. V. Kornilov

J. Opt. Technol. 66(8), 692- (1999)  View: PDF

Robust-cognitive methods for processing digital images obtained with remote probing

A. A. Buznikov, V. L. Gorokhov, Ya. V. Logachev, and M. V. Andreev

J. Opt. Technol. 66(8), 695- (1999)  View: PDF

Method for calculating the probability density of fluctuations of IR radiation from the wavy surface of the sea in the 3-14-micrometer range

Yu. I. Belousov, D. V. Ivanov, and A. B. Utenkov

J. Opt. Technol. 66(8), 702- (1999)  View: PDF

Optoelectronic spectral method of determining the position of aircraft in the upper layers of the atmosphere

A. A. Buznikov, Yu. N. Corin, and B. V. Kotov

J. Opt. Technol. 66(8), 708- (1999)  View: PDF

Double-action phase plate in a superimposed oblique-incidence heterodyne laser interferometer

A. G. Seregin, D. A. Seregin, A. I. Stepanov, and V. N. Shekhtman

J. Opt. Technol. 66(8), 711- (1999)  View: PDF

Broadband optical limiters based on fullerene-containing media with a fast nonlinear response in the visible region

V. P. Belousov, I. M. Belousova, E. A. Gavronskaya, V. A. Grigor'ev, O. B. Danilov, A. G. Kalintsev, N. G. Mironova, E. N. Sosnov, V. N. Zgonnik, and A. N. Ponomarev

J. Opt. Technol. 66(8), 713- (1999)  View: PDF

2-micrometer lasers for optical monitoring

A. A. Nikitichev and A. I. Stepanov

J. Opt. Technol. 66(8), 718- (1999)  View: PDF

Multichannel electrooptic elements and devices

A. A. Berezhno

J. Opt. Technol. 66(8), 724- (1999)  View: PDF

High-temperature superconductor bolometers for the IR region

I. A. Khrebtov and A. D. Tkachenko

J. Opt. Technol. 66(8), 735- (1999)  View: PDF

Characteristics of facilities for protecting welders from optical radiation

V. N. Gul'kov

J. Opt. Technol. 66(8), 742- (1999)  View: PDF

Faraday effect in solutions of fullerene C60

A. V. Kimel, Yu. S. Grushko, A. G. Selitski , and A. I. Sokolov

J. Opt. Technol. 66(8), 745- (1999)  View: PDF

Effect of thermal annealing on the electromagnetooptic effect in epitaxial films of iron garnets

T. K. Anikina, A. G. Selitski , and B. B. Krichevtsov

J. Opt. Technol. 66(8), 747- (1999)  View: PDF

Modeling the electrical response of thin films of high-temperature superconductors to laser and current pulses

A. V. Mezenov, A. V. Yankevich, and J. Waskiewicz

J. Opt. Technol. 66(8), 749- (1999)  View: PDF

Modelling the thermoresistive properties of silicon and germanium in a wide region of temperature variation

V. K. Grunin

J. Opt. Technol. 66(8), 755- (1999)  View: PDF

Magic mirrors of the Orient

G. Saines and M. G. Tomilin

J. Opt. Technol. 66(8), 758- (1999)  View: PDF

Optical strobing of the range in optical radar systems

V. S. Emdin

J. Opt. Technol. 66(8), 766- (1999)  View: PDF

Recording the results of observations of noctilucent clouds carried out by A. Yu. Kaleri on the Mir orbital station from December 20, 1996 to January 16, 1997

A. Yu. Kaleri and A. I. Lazarev

J. Opt. Technol. 66(8), 768- (1999)  View: PDF