1. Forthcoming papers

   Legacy Pages: A5 - A5

2. Announcing a special issue of applied physics b optics and interferometry with atoms

   Announcement Pages: A6 - A6

3. Chinese journal of lasers

   Legacy Pages: A6 - A6

4. Coupling of orthogonally polarized waves in BaTiO₃

   • L. Holtmann
   • E. Krätzig
   • S. Odoulov

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 5

5. A flashlamp-pumped 946 nm Nd:YAG laser

   • S. Dimov
   • E. Peik
   • H. Walther

   OriginalPaper Pages: 6 - 10

6. Generation of continuous-wave coherent radiation tunable down to 190.8nm in β-BaB₂O₄

   • M. Watanabe
   • K. Hayasaka
   • S. Urabe

   OriginalPaper Pages: 11 - 13

7. Experimental studies of a XeCl laser having UV preionization perpendicular and parallel to the electrode surfaces

   • V. Nassisi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 14 - 18

8. Noncritical detection of tunable CO₂ laser radiation into the green by upconversion in silver thio-gallate

   • G. C. Bhar
   • U. Chatterjee
   • R. K. Route

   OriginalPaper Pages: 19 - 22

9. Temperature measurement by single-shot dual-line CARS in low-pressure flows

   • M. Péalat
   • M. Lefebvre

   OriginalPaper Pages: 23 - 29

10. Neon-hydrogen penning plasma laser in a helical hallow-cathode discharge

    • P. M. Pramatarov
    • M. S. Stefanova
    • S. I. Yakovlenko

    OriginalPaper Pages: 30 - 33

11. Observations and analysis of resonant laser ablation of GaAs

    • L. Wang
    • I. S. Borthwick
    • C. J. McLean

    OriginalPaper Pages: 34 - 38

12. Laser-induced dry chemical etching of Mn-Zn ferrite in CCl₂F₂ atmosphere

    • Y. -F. Lu
    • M. Takai
    • S. Namba

    OriginalPaper Pages: 39 - 45

13. Laser pulse sequence effects on selective ionization in three-level systems driven by coherent radiation fields

    • K. Johst

    OriginalPaper Pages: 46 - 51

14. Nonlinear interaction of crossing FM waves with a gas

    • S. N. Bagayev
    • A. E. Bezrodny
    • E. A. Titov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 52 - 57

15. Collisionless excitation of NH₃ molecules via one- and two-photon transitions by multimode radiation of TEA CO₂-laser

    • Yu. A. Kuritsyn
    • G. N. Makarov
    • I. Pak

    OriginalPaper Pages: 58 - 64