TY - JOUR A1 - Maksimov, Evgeny G. A1 - Kulic, Miodrag L. A1 - Dolgov, Oleg V. T1 - Bosonic spectral function and the electron-phonon interaction in HTSC cuprates T2 - Advances in condensed matter physics N2 - In this paper we discuss experimental evidence related to the structure and origin of the bosonic spectral function alpha 2F (omega) in high-temperature superconducting (HTSC) cuprates at and near optimal doping. Global properties of alpha 2F (omega), such as number and positions of peaks, are extracted by combining optics, neutron scattering, ARPES and tunnelling measurements. These methods give evidence for strong electron-phonon interaction (EPI) with 1