1. Laser excess noise and interferometric effects in frequency-modulated diode-laser spectrometers

   • P. Werle

   OriginalPaper Pages: 499 - 506

2. Fluorescence-excitation and hole-burning spectroscopy of heavy-dose neutron-irradiated α-Al₂O₃

   • R. Bauer
   • U. Bogner
   • M. Maier

   OriginalPaper Pages: 507 - 512

3. Systematics of inner-shell photo-ionization X-ray lasers with constant pump rates

   • G. L. Strobel
   • R. A. London
   • D. C. Eder

   OriginalPaper Pages: 513 - 518

4. Performance of a prototype microwave frequency standard based on laser-detected, trapped¹⁷¹Yb⁺ ions

   • P. T. H. Fisk
   • M. J. Sellars
   • C. Coles

   OriginalPaper Pages: 519 - 527

5. Efficient low-voltage operation of a reverse-biased autoprepulse XeCl laser

   • I. V. Chaltakov
   • R. Pini
   • M. Vannini

   OriginalPaper Pages: 529 - 533

6. Connection of micro and macro parameters of uniaxial liquid crystals - irreducible tensors approach

   • V. I. Rubailo
   • A. N. Vtyurin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 535 - 541

7. Transient grating optical nonlinearities in nematic, cholesteric and smectic liquid crystals

   • R. Macdonald
   • H. J. Eichler

   OriginalPaper Pages: 543 - 552

8. Optimisation of the pulse duration of a discharge-pumped XeF(B→X) excimer laser

   • Q. C. Mei
   • P. J. M. Peters
   • W. J. Witteman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 553 - 556

9. Thermal lens and its effects in copper-vapor lasers

   • P. Liang
   • R. Hua
   • Q. Shen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 557 - 563

10. Optimization of multiple-pass off-axis KrF amplifiers

    • G. Almási
    • S. Szatmári

    OriginalPaper Pages: 565 - 570

11. Four-photon parametric processes pumped by optical pulses with noise structure

    • L. I. Pavlov
    • L. M. Kovachev

    OriginalPaper Pages: 571 - 572

12. Laser-spectroscopic investigations of the lithium resonance lines

    • L. Windholz

    OriginalPaper Pages: 573 - 582

13. Scaling-up¹³C separation by infrared multiphoton dissociation of the CHClF₂/Br₂ system

    • G. C. Chen
    • B. Wu
    • P. H. Ma

    OriginalPaper Pages: 583 - 588