1. Topography of antiferromagnetic domains using second harmonic generation with an external reference

   • M. Fiebig
   • D. Fröhlich
   • R.V. Pisarev

   Invited paper Pages: 265 - 270

2. Self-stabilizing additive-pulse mode-locking due to thermo-optical non-linearity in an optical fiber

   • D. Jacob
   • A. Oberdorfer
   • F. Mitschke

   Regular paper Pages: 271 - 276

3. Extended-cavity grating-tuned operation of mid-infrared InAsSb diode lasers

   • M. Mürtz
   • J.S. Wells
   • N. Mackie

   Regular paper Pages: 277 - 281

4. Nonlinear mirror operation of a diode-pumped quasi-cw picosecond Nd:YAG laser

   • A. Agnesi
   • G.C. Reali
   • V. Kubeček

   Regular paper Pages: 283 - 285

5. Experimental characterization and numerical modelling of an AlGaAs oscillator broad area double pass amplifier system

   • E. Gehrig
   • B. Beier
   • R. Wallenstein

   Regular paper Pages: 287 - 293

6. Theoretical and experimental investigation of a quenched cavity laser with saturable absorber

   • J. Zeller
   • W. Rudolph
   • M. Sheik-Bahae

   Regular paper Pages: 295 - 303

7. Mirrorless laser action by randomly distributed feedback in amplifying disordered media with scattering centers

   • J. Herrmann
   • B. Wilhelmi

   Regular paper Pages: 305 - 312

8. The homogeneity of a stabilized discharge-pumped XeCl* laser

   • S. Gortchakov
   • D. Loffhagen
   • R. Winkler

   Regular paper Pages: 313 - 321

9. Laser frequency stabilization using selective reflection spectroscopy

   • R. Müller
   • A. Weis

   Regular paper Pages: 323 - 326

10. Nanometer thin-film Ni-NiO-Ni diodes for mixing 28 THz CO2-laser emissions with difference frequencies up to 176 GHz

    • C. Fumeaux
    • W. Herrmann
    • C.O. Weiss

    Regular paper Pages: 327 - 332

11. Thermal fixing of holographic gratings in planar LiNbO3:Ti:Fe waveguides

    • J. Hukriede
    • D. Kip
    • E. Krätzig

    Regular paper Pages: 333 - 338

12. Wavelength demultiplexing with volume phase holograms in photorefractive lithium niobate

    • S. Breer
    • K. Buse

    Regular paper Pages: 339 - 345

13. Model for multiwave-pumped parametric oscillation in BaTiO3

    • B.I. Sturman
    • J. Limeres
    • J. Neumann

    Regular paper Pages: 347 - 354

14. Optical storage effect in a platinum orthometalated liquid crystal

    • J. Buey
    • L. Díez
    • J.A. Miguel

    Regular paper Pages: 355 - 358

15. Heating of cold cesium atoms by blue-detuned laser radiation

    • B. Bahar
    • J. Castellanos
    • C.O. Weiss

    Regular paper Pages: 359 - 366

16. Photoinduced trap generation at the Si-SiO2 interface

    • M. Cernusca
    • R. Heer
    • G.A. Reider

    Regular paper Pages: 367 - 370

17. Positronium–oxygen interactions in polytrimethylsilylpropine membranes

    • G. Consolati
    • F. Quasso

    Regular paper Pages: 371 - 376

18. Cavity ring-down spectroscopy of OH radicals in low pressure flame

    • S. Cheskis
    • I. Derzy
    • D. Romanini

    Regular paper Pages: 377 - 381

19. Remote monitoring of industrial emissions by combination of lidar and plume velocity measurements

    • P. Weibring
    • M. Andersson
    • S. Svanberg

    Regular paper Pages: 383 - 388

20. Mechanism of gain narrowing in conjugated polymer thin films

    • A. Haugeneder
    • M. Hilmer
    • U. Scherf

    Rapid communication Pages: 389 - 392

21. Enhancement of the photorefractive effect by homogeneous pyroelectric fields

    • N. Korneev
    • D. Mayorga
    • E. Krätzig

    Rapid communication Pages: 393 - 396