1. Forthcoming papers

   Announcement Pages: A5 - A5

2. Editorial

   • Rainer Blatt
   • Werner Neuhauser

   High-resolution Laser Spectroscopy Pages: 87 - 87

3. High-resolution spectroscopy with laser-cooled and trapped calcium atoms

   • Th. Kisters
   • K. Zeiske
   • J. Helmcke

   Invited Papers Pages: 89 - 98

4. Optical Ramsey spectroscopy on laser-trapped and thermal Mg atoms

   • K. Sengstock
   • U. Sterr
   • W. Ertmer

   Invited Papers Pages: 99 - 115

5. Determination of⁹⁰Sr in environmental samples with resonance ionization spectroscopy in collinear geometry

   • K. Zimmer
   • J. Stenner
   • B. A. Bushaw

   Invited Papers Pages: 117 - 121

6. High-resolution selective reflection spectroscopy in intermediate magnetic fields

   • N. Papageorgiou
   • A. Weis
   • M. Ducloy

   Invited Papers Pages: 123 - 126

7. A test of special relativity with stored lithium ions

   • R. Grieser
   • R. Klein
   • T. Kühl

   Invited Papers Pages: 127 - 133

8. Statistical properties of laser-induced fluorescence signals

   • Dimarcq N.
   • Giordano V.
   • Cerez P.

   Invited Papers Pages: 135 - 145

9. Magnetic-grating free-induction decay and magnetic-grating echo using ultrafast excitation pulses

   • B. Dubetsky
   • P. R. Berman

   Invited Papers Pages: 147 - 157

10. The CO fundamental-band laser as secondary frequency standard at 5 µm

    • T. George
    • S. Saupe
    • W. Urban

    Invited Papers Pages: 159 - 166

11. Cesium saturation spectroscopy revisited: How to reverse peaks and observe narrow resonances

    • O. Schmidt
    • K. -M. Knaak
    • D. Meschede

    Invited Papers Pages: 167 - 178

12. Laser-cooling effects in few-ion clouds of Yb⁺

    • C. S. Edwards
    • P. Gill
    • W. R. C. Rowley

    Invited Papers Pages: 179 - 185

13. Frequency measurement of¹³⁰Te₂ resonances near 467 nm

    • Ph. Courteille
    • L. S. Ma
    • R. Blatt

    Invited Papers Pages: 187 - 193

14. Generation of cylindrically symmetric magnetic fields with permanent magnets and µ-metal

    • L. Ricci
    • C. Zimmermann
    • T. W. Hänsch

    Regular Papers Pages: 195 - 201

15. Anisotropy of the nonlinear optical susceptibility χ⁽³⁾ in polydiacetylene single crystals

    • Th. Fehn
    • Th. Vogtmann
    • M. Schwoerer

    Regular Papers Pages: 203 - 209

16. Generation of 200 femtosecond pulses tunable between 2.5 and 5.5 µm

    • A. Lohner
    • P. Kruck
    • W. W. Rühle

    Rapid Communication Pages: 211 - 213