LPHYS'96

5th INTERNATIONAL LASER PHYSICS WORKSHOP
(Moscow, July 22-26, 1996)

ORGANIZERS:

• General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Moscow, Russia
• The international journal Laser Physics

SPONSORS:

• Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Moscow, Russia
• Ministry of Science and Technical Policy of Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia
• Russian Academy of Sciences
• The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• US Army (European Research Office)
• US Air Force (EOARD)
• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, USA
• Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd

CHAIRMAN:

• Alexander M. Prokhorov (General Physics Institute, RAS, Moscow, Russia)

STEERING COMMITTEE:

• Pavel P. Pashinin (General Physics Institute, RAS, Moscow, Russia)
• Kirill A. Prokhorov (General Physics Institute, RAS, Moscow, Russia)
• Charles H. Townes (University of California, Berkley, USA)
• Valery M. Yermachenko (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia)
• Igor V. Yevseyev (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia)
• Vyacheslav I. Yukalov (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia)

SCIENTIFIC SEMINARS:

• History and Modern Trends in Quantum Electronics Co-Chairs: E.M. Dianov (Russia), N.I. Koroteev (Russia), and V.I. Yukalov (Russia)
• Atoms and Molecules in Strong Laser Field Co-Chairs: J.H. Eberly (USA) and M.V. Fedorov (Russia)
• Laser Spectroscopy Co-Chairs: S.N. Bagayev (Russia), K.A. Prokhorov (Russia), W. Sandner (Germany), E.A. Vinogradov (Russia), and H. Walther (Germany)
• Lasers and Medicine Co-Chairs: V.I. Konov (Russia), G.J. Mueler (Germany), and R. Steiner (Germany)
• Solid State Lasers Co-Chairs: G. Huber (Germany) and I.A. Shcherbakov (Russia)

The Proceedings of the Workshop were published in vol. 7, # 1 and # 2 of the international journal Laser Physics, 1997.