1. Forthcoming papers

   Announcement Pages: A5 - A5

2. Editorial

   • Michael Stuke

   EditorialNotes Pages: 91 - 91

3. A study of thermal and mechanical effects on materials induced by pulsed laser drilling

   • A. Luft
   • U. Franz
   • J. Kaspar

   Regular Papers Pages: 93 - 101

4. Pulse-width influence on the laser-induced structuring of CaF₂ (111)

   • D. Ashkenasi
   • H. Varel
   • E. E. B. Campbell

   Regular Papers Pages: 103 - 107

5. Femtosecond, picosecond and nanosecond laser ablation of solids

   • B. N. Chichkov
   • C. Momma
   • A. Tünnermann

   Regular Papers Pages: 109 - 115

6. Picosecond laser ablation of thin copper films

   • J. Jandeleit
   • G. Urbasch
   • E. W. Kreutz

   Regular Papers Pages: 117 - 121

7. Physical and material aspects in using visible laser pulses of nanosecond duration for ablation

   • C. Körner
   • R. Mayerhofer
   • H. W. Bergmann

   Regular Papers Pages: 123 - 131

8. Thermochemical laser etching of stainless steel and titanium in liquids

   • R. Nowak
   • S. Metev

   Regular Papers Pages: 133 - 138

9. High-rate laser-direct-write dry etching of titanium

   • O. Lehmann
   • M. Stuke

   Regular Papers Pages: 139 - 141

10. Pattern transfer and photoluminescence damage assessment of deep-submicrometer features etched by photon-induced cryoetching

    • M. B. Freiler
    • M. C. Shih
    • R. M. Osgood Jr.

    Regular Papers Pages: 143 - 151

11. Development of three-dimensional microstructure processing using macroporousn-type silicon

    • S. Ottow
    • V. Lehmann
    • H. Föll

    Regular Papers Pages: 153 - 159

12. Mixing kinetics and write-once optical recording characteristics of Sb/Se bilayer films

    • N. Starbov
    • T. Missana
    • M. A. Ollacarizqueta

    Regular Papers Pages: 161 - 165

13. Preparation and microstructures of CoAg granular films with giant magnetoresistance

    • H. Sang
    • G. Ni
    • Y. W. Du

    Regular Papgers Pages: 167 - 170

14. Current transport in Pd₂Si/n-Si(100) Schottky barrier diodes at low temperatures

    • Subhash Chand
    • Jitendra Kumar

    Regular Papers Pages: 171 - 178

15. Positive and negative charge creation in the SiO₂ film of a MOS transistor by high electric field stress

    • I. Strzalkowski
    • M. Kowalski

    Regular Papers Pages: 179 - 182

16. Structural and magnetic properties of La/Fe multilayers

    • F. Rose
    • O. Schulte
    • W. Felsch

    Regular Papers Pages: 183 - 190

17. Positron annihilation in solid, liquid and undercooled melts of Co₈₀Pd₂₀

    • C. Bührer
    • U. Holzwarth
    • J. Reske

    Regular Papers Pages: 191 - 194

18. Process-parameter optimization of Sb₂O₃ films in the ultraviolet and visible region for interferometric applications

    • N. K. Sahoo
    • K. V. S. R. Apparao

    Regular Papers Pages: 195 - 202

19. Photoemission of spinpolarized electrons from strained GaAsP

    • P. Drescher
    • H. G. Andresen
    • B. S. Yavich

    Rapid Communication Pages: 203 - 206