1. Forthcoming papers

   Announcement Pages: A5 - A5

2. Lasers, spectroscopy and new ideas

   Announcement Pages: A6 - A6

3. Editorial

   • H. J. Kölsch

   LIDAR Monitoring Of The Atmosphere — Recent Developments Pages: 1 - 2

4. The antarctic ozone LIDAR system

   • L. Stefanutti
   • F. Castagnoli
   • J. Porteneuve

   LIDAR Monitoring Of The Atmosphere — Recent Developments Pages: 3 - 12

5. A four-wavelength depolarization backscattering LIDAR for polar stratospheric cloud monitoring

   • L. Stefanutti
   • F. Castagnoli
   • J. P. Wolf

   LIDAR Monitoring Of The Atmosphere — Recent Developments Pages: 13 - 17

6. Combined raman elastic-backscatter LIDAR for vertical profiling of moisture, aerosol extinction, backscatter, and LIDAR ratio

   • A. Ansmann
   • M. Riebesell
   • W. Michaelis

   LIDAR Monitoring Of The Atmosphere — Recent Developments Pages: 18 - 28

7. LIDAR monitoring of the temperature in the middle and lower atmosphere

   • A. Hauchecorne
   • M. L. Chanin
   • D. Nedeljkovic

   LIDAR Monitoring Of The Atmosphere — Recent Developments Pages: 29 - 34

8. Description of a Doppler rayleigh LIDAR for measuring winds in the middle atmosphere

   • A. Garnier
   • M. L. Chanin

   LIDAR Monitoring Of The Atmosphere — Recent Developments Pages: 35 - 40

9. Measurements of toluene and other aromatic hydrocarbons by differential-absorption LIDAR in the near-ultraviolet

   • M. J. T. Milton
   • P. T. Woods
   • T. J. McIlveen

   LIDAR Monitoring Of The Atmosphere — Recent Developments Pages: 41 - 45

10. An argon ion ring laser as a gyroscope

    • B. Höling
    • G. Leuchs
    • M. Schneider

    Contributed Papers Pages: 46 - 50

11. Large third-order nonlinear optical properties of C₇₀ fullerene in the infrared regime

    • Shao-Chen Yang
    • Qihuang Gong
    • Z. N. Gu

    Contributed Papers Pages: 51 - 53

12. Influence of cavity configuration on the pulse energy of a high-pressure molecular fluorine laser

    • S. M. Hooker
    • A. M. Haxell
    • C. E. Webb

    Contributed Papers Pages: 54 - 59

13. Peculiarities of KrF excimer vibrational relaxation in low-pressure Kr/F₂ mixtures excited by a short pulse

    • V. V. Datsyuk

    Contributed Papers Pages: 60 - 64

14. Multiwavelength Q-switched CO₂ laser with continuous discharge

    • W. Fuß
    • J. Göthel
    • W. E. Schmid

    Contributed Papers Pages: 65 - 70

15. Experimental study of a broad-band XeCl double-pass amplifier with SBS mirror

    • A. A. Filippo
    • M. R. Perrone

    Contributed Papers Pages: 71 - 75

16. Detection of chlorinated hydrocarbons via Laser-atomization/Laser-induced fluorescence

    • J. B. Jeffries
    • G. A. Raiche
    • L. E. Jusinski

    Contributed Papers Pages: 76 - 83

17. Space and time resolved discharge evolution of a large volume X-ray triggered XeCl laser system

    • S. Bollanti
    • P. Di Lazzaro
    • C. E. Zheng

    Contributed Papers Pages: 84 - 91

18. Infrared diode laser absorption features of N₂O and CO₂ in a laval nozzle

    • G. Baldacchini
    • P. K. Chakraborti
    • F. D'Amato

    Contributed Papers Pages: 92 - 101