1. Forthcoming papers

   Announcement Pages: A5 - A5

2. Spectroscopy of Te₂ with modulation transfer: Reference lines for precision spectroscopy in Yb⁺ at 467 nm

   • L. S. Ma
   • Ph. Courteille
   • R. Blatt

   OriginalPaper Pages: 159 - 162

3. Generation of multiply charged silicon and germanium ions by excimer laser pulses

   • A. Luches
   • V. Nassisi
   • A. Pecoraro

   OriginalPaper Pages: 163 - 165

4. Suppression of stimulated hyer-Raman scattering in lithium vapor

   • Mao-hong LU
   • Yu-mei LIU

   OriginalPaper Pages: 167 - 176

5. The mechanism of the CW sodium-vapor/hydrogen laser

   • A. H. Bahnmaier
   • H. Jones

   OriginalPaper Pages: 177 - 183

6. Recent progress with the CO-overtone Δv=2 laser

   • E. Bachem
   • A. Dax
   • W. Urban

   OriginalPaper Pages: 185 - 191

7. Ultrafast beam-deflection method and its application for measuring the transient refractive index of materials

   • H.-S. Albrecht
   • P. Heist
   • D. V. Lap

   OriginalPaper Pages: 193 - 197

8. Thermally induced optical bistability in a new polymeric blend at room temperature

   • U. Bernini
   • L. De Stefano
   • P. Russo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 199 - 201

9. Phase-matched third-harmonic generation of Nd: Glass-laser picosecond pulses in a new cyanine-dye solution

   • C. Schwan
   • A. Penzkofer
   • K. H. Drexhage

   OriginalPaper Pages: 203 - 211

10. The role of excitation parameters in high repetition-rate N₂-TE lasers

    • S. V. Kukhlevsky
    • L. Kozma

    OriginalPaper Pages: 213 - 215

11. A tunable bragg cavity for an efficient millimeter FEL driven by electrostatic accelerators

    • I. Boscolo
    • I. Fabbri

    OriginalPaper Pages: 217 - 225

12. Four-branch oscillation from a dual-polarization cavity CO₂ laser

    • D. J. Biswas
    • P. Nilaya
    • U. K. Chatterjee

    OriginalPaper Pages: 227 - 230

13. Lidar-observed temperature structures and gravity-wave perturbations of the mesopause region in the springs of 1990–1992 over Fort Collins, CO

    • J. R. Yu
    • C. Y. She

    OriginalPaper Pages: 231 - 238

14. Pulsed laser action of Pr:GdLiF₄ at room temperature

    • T. Danger
    • T. Sandrock
    • B. Chai

    Rapid Communication Pages: 239 - 241