1. Forthcoming papers

   Announcement Pages: A5 - A5

2. Laser performance of perylenebis (dicarboximide) dyes with long secondary alkyl chains

   • H. G. Löhmannsröben
   • H. Langhals

   Contributed Papers Pages: 449 - 452

3. On the reaction kinetics in laser-induced photochemical gas-phase processing

   • K. Piglmayer
   • D. Bäuerle

   Contributed Papers Pages: 453 - 462

4. Accurate determination of wavenumbers for iodine molecular lines in the red spectral region

   • S. Rakowsky
   • D. Zimmermann
   • W. E. Ernst

   Contributed Papers Pages: 463 - 466

5. Analysis of optical bistability through rapid water desorption from hard coatings

   • F. Mitschke
   • G. Ankerhold
   • W. Lange

   Contributed Papers Pages: 467 - 470

6. Detection of NO traces Using resonantly enhanced multiphoton ionization: A method for monitoring atmospheric pollutants

   • S. Guizard
   • D. Chapoulard
   • D. Gauyacq

   Contributed Papers Pages: 471 - 477

7. Resonant two-step photoionization of molecules: Effects of pulse sequence, pulse duration and delay time of two lasers on ionization probability and selectivity

   • K. Johst
   • H. Johansen

   Contributed Papers Pages: 479 - 484

8. Laser induced electron emission from gold surface irradiated by picosecond pulses at λ=2.9 μm

   • K. L. Vodopyanov
   • L. A. Kulevskii
   • Z. Gy. Horváth

   Contributed Papers Pages: 485 - 488

9. CO₂ laser ablative etching of polyethylene terephthalate

   • P. E. Dyer
   • G. A. Oldershaw
   • J. Sidhu

   Contributed Papers Pages: 489 - 493

10. Cavity phase-shift error evaluation in a magnesium atomic beam frequency standard

    • E. Bava
    • A. Godone
    • C. Novero

    Contributed Papers Pages: 495 - 505

11. A differential technique to measure small product yield increments in a time-of-flight mass spectrometer for investigating IR spectra of highly excited polyatomics

    • S. I. Ionov
    • A. A. Kobakhidze

    Contributed Papers Pages: 507 - 511

12. Frequency tuned carbon monoxide waveguide laser with rf pumping

    • A. Gerasimchuk
    • S. Kornilov
    • S. Tymper

    Contributed Papers Pages: 513 - 515

13. Atomic cavity with light-induced mirrors

    • V. I. Balykin
    • V. S. Letokhov

    Contributed Papers Pages: 517 - 523

14. Observation of autoionization resonances in uranium by step-wise laser photoionization

    • K. G. Manohar
    • P. N. Bajaj
    • P. R. K. Rao

    Contributed Papers Pages: 525 - 530