1. Forthcoming papers

   Legacy Pages: A5 - A5

2. Ultrashort Light Pulses

   Announcement Pages: A6 - A6

3. Multimode coupling and nonlinear-gain effects in distributed and helical feedback gas lasers

   • J. Arnesson
   • Cui Dafu
   • F. K. Kneubühl

   Invited Paper Pages: 1 - 28

4. A continuously tunable GaAs diode laser with an external resonator

   • W. Fuhrmann
   • W. Demtröder

   Contributed Papers Pages: 29 - 32

5. High-speed N₂-CARS thermometry

   • B. Lange
   • M. Noda
   • G. Marowsky

   Contributed Papers Pages: 33 - 38

6. Characterization of an ethylene free jet

   • N. Dam
   • J. Reuss

   Contributed Papers Pages: 39 - 47

7. Energy theory of waveguide distributed feedback gas lasers

   • P. Szczepanski
   • J. Arnesson
   • F. K. Kneubühl

   Contributed Papers Pages: 49 - 57

8. Ambiguities in the analysis of non-radiative energy transfer data in solid-state laser materials

   • S. R. Rotman

   Contributed Papers Pages: 59 - 64

9. Intensity dependence of thermal nonlinear optical activity in crystals

   • N. I. Zheludev
   • I. S. Ruddock
   • R. Illingworth

   Contributed Papers Pages: 65 - 67

10. The production of ions for single-ion traps

    • J. D. Sankey
    • A. A. Madej

    Contributed Papers Pages: 69 - 72

11. A pulsed dye laser with grazing incidence and folded cavity

    • A. Lago
    • G. Woehl Jr.
    • R. Riva

    Contributed Papers Pages: 73 - 76

12. Laser separation of oxygen isotopes by IR multiphoton dissociation of (CH₃)₂O

    • V. B. Laptev
    • E. A. Ryabov
    • L. M. Tumanova

    Contributed Papers Pages: 77 - 83

13. Laser spectroscopy for studying chemical processes

    • J. Wolfram

    Erratum Pages: 84 - 84