1. Kerr-lens, mode-locked lasers as transfer oscillators for optical frequency measurements

   • H.R. Telle
   • B. Lipphardt
   • J. Stenger

   Pages: 1 - 6

2. Additive-pulse mode locking of a diode-pumped Nd3+:YVO4 laser

   • G. McConnell
   • A.I. Ferguson
   • N. Langford

   Pages: 7 - 9

3. Single-mode hollow optical fibres for atom guiding

   • R.G. Dall
   • M.D. Hoogerland
   • S.J. Buckman

   Pages: 11 - 18

4. Artifacts in femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy

   • M. Lorenc
   • M. Ziolek
   • A. Maciejewski

   Pages: 19 - 27

5. Reflection-type photorefractive gratings in tin hypotiodiphosphate

   • M. Weber
   • G. von Bally
   • S. Odoulov

   Pages: 29 - 33

6. The photorefractive effect at large modulation depth in semiconductors with multiple defect levels

   • N.D. Nguyen
   • M. Schmeits

   Pages: 35 - 42

7. Nonlinear refraction and absorption in hetero- thiometallic planar clusters

   • Y. Wang
   • C. Zhang
   • X. Xin

   Pages: 43 - 46

8. Optical limiting in cobalt-doped polyvinylpyrrolidone

   • R.A. Ganeev
   • A.I. Ryasnyansky
   • T. Usmanov

   Pages: 47 - 51

9. Transient behavior of the strong violet electroluminescence of Ge-implanted SiO2 layers

   • L. Rebohle
   • T. Gebel
   • F. Priolo

   Pages: 53 - 56

10. Photoacoustic cavitation and heat transfer effects in the laser-induced temperature jump in water

    • W.O. Wray
    • T. Aida
    • R.B. Dyer

    Pages: 57 - 66

11. Filamentation of femtosecond laser pulses in turbulent air

    • S.L. Chin
    • A. Talebpour
    • M.P. Tamarov

    Pages: 67 - 76

12. Detection of small forest fires by lidar

    • A.B. Utkin
    • A.V. Lavrov
    • R. Vilar

    Pages: 77 - 83

13. Applications of Kalman filtering to real-time trace gas concentration measurements

    • D.P. Leleux
    • R. Claps
    • T.L. Harman

    Pages: 85 - 93

14. Detection of biogenic CO production above vascular cell cultures using a near-room- temperature QC-DFB laser

    • A.A. Kosterev
    • F.K. Tittel
    • A.Y. Cho

    Pages: 95 - 99

15. Effective A-state fluorescence lifetime of formaldehyde in atmospheric pressure CH4/air flames

    • J. Tobai
    • T. Dreier

    Pages: 101 - 104

16. Detection of NO in a spark-ignition research engine using degenerate four-wave mixing

    • A.J. Grant
    • P. Ewart
    • C.R. Stone

    Pages: 105 - 110

17. Oxygen-distribution imaging with a novel two-tracer laser-induced fluorescence technique

    • W. Koban
    • J. Schorr
    • C. Schulz

    Rapid communication Pages: 111 - 114