1. An all-solid-state tunable 214.5-nm continuous-wave light source by using two-stage frequency doubling of a diode laser

   • K. Matsubara
   • U. Tanaka
   • S. Urabe

   Regular paper Pages: 1 - 4

2. 1.24-μm cascaded Raman laser for 1.31-μm Raman fiber amplifiers

   • A. Bertoni
   • G.C. Reali

   Regular paper Pages: 5 - 10

3. Comparison of cw laser performance of Nd:KGW, Nd:YAG, Nd:BEL, and Nd:YVO4 under laser diode pumping

   • A.A. Demidovich
   • A.P. Shkadarevich
   • L.E. Batay

   Regular paper Pages: 11 - 15

4. Optical and spectroscopic characterization of Nd-doped aluminosilicate fiber preforms made by the MCVD method using chelate delivery

   • A. Martínez
   • L.A. Zenteno
   • J.C.K. Kuo

   Regular paper Pages: 17 - 21

5. Cross sections of excited-state absorption at 800 nm in erbium-doped ZBLAN fiber

   • M. Pollnau
   • C. Ghisler
   • H.P. Weber

   Regular paper Pages: 23 - 28

6. Spectral properties and quasi-phase-matched second-harmonic generation in a new active medium: optical superlattice Nd:MgO:LiNbO3

   • Y.Q. Lu
   • J.J. Zheng
   • N.B. Ming

   Regular paper Pages: 29 - 32

7. Quantitative comparison of different preionization schemes of KrF laser discharges

   • E.D. Onkels
   • W. Seelig

   Regular paper Pages: 33 - 37

8. Radio frequency excited waveguide CO2 lasers on sequence-band transitions

   • S.-Y. Shaw
   • R.-S. Chang

   Regular paper Pages: 39 - 45

9. Conditions for XUV amplification considering recombination in clusters

   • W. Brunner
   • H.-H. Ritze

   Regular paper Pages: 47 - 51

10. Chirp control in third-harmonic generation due to cross-phase modulation

    • N.I. Koroteev
    • A.M. Zheltikov

    Regular paper Pages: 53 - 57

11. Phase-matched third-harmonic generation by nonlinear phase shift in a hollow fiber

    • Y. Tamaki
    • K. Midorikawa
    • M. Obara

    Regular paper Pages: 59 - 63

12. Electro-optic properties in undoped and Cr-doped LiNbO3 crystals

    • K. Chah
    • M.D. Fontana
    • G. Malovichko

    Regular paper Pages: 65 - 71

13. Photorefractive amplification and generation of light beams in BaTiO3 controlled by the intensity of the pump light

    • J. Neumann
    • M. Röwe
    • E. Krätzig

    Regular paper Pages: 73 - 77

14. A multichannel spectrometer for correlated EPR-optical absorption analysis of photochromic processes in crystals

    • H. Kröse
    • R. Scharfschwerdt
    • O.F. Schirmer

    Regular paper Pages: 79 - 86

15. Characterization and optimization of a laser-scanning microscope in the femtosecond regime

    • R. Wolleschensky
    • T. Feurer
    • U. Simon

    Regular paper Pages: 87 - 94

16. Frequency measurement of I2 lines in the NIR using Ca and CH4 optical frequency standards

    • B. Bodermann
    • M. Klug
    • H.R. Telle

    Regular paper Pages: 95 - 99

17. Optical response of aggregates of clusters with different dielectric functions

    • M. Quinten

    Regular paper Pages: 101 - 106

18. Broadband degenerate four-wave mixing of OH for flame thermometry

    • G.M. Lloyd
    • I.G. Hughes
    • P. Ewart

    Regular paper Pages: 107 - 113

19. Optical and microscopy investigations of soot structure alterations by laser-induced incandescence

    • R.L. Vander Wal
    • T.M. Ticich
    • A.B. Stephens

    Regular paper Pages: 115 - 123

20. Temperature measurements in gases using laser-induced electrostrictive gratings

    • A. Stampanoni-Panariello
    • B. Hemmerling
    • W. Hubschmid

    Regular paper Pages: 125 - 130