1. Study of UV laser interaction with gold nanoparticles embedded in silica

   • F. Bonneau
   • P. Combis
   • J.T. Donohue

   Pages: 803 - 815

2. Optical spectroscopy and diode-pumped laser characteristics of codoped Tm-Ho : YLF and Tm-Ho : BaYF : a comparative analysis

   • F. Cornacchia
   • E. Sani
   • P. Laporta

   Pages: 817 - 822

3. Far-infrared laser emission from deuterated ammonia

   • R.T. Boreiko
   • A.L. Betz

   Pages: 823 - 826

4. New organic–inorganic hybrid matrices doped with rhodamine 6G as solid-state dye lasers

   • A. Costela
   • I. García-Moreno
   • R. Sastre

   Pages: 827 - 833

5. Generation of 99-mW continuous-wave 285-nm radiation for magneto-optical trapping of Mg atoms

   • D.N. Madsen
   • P. Yu
   • J.W. Thomsen

   Pages: 835 - 839

6. PbS-doped phosphate glasses saturable absorbers for 1.3-μm neodymium lasers

   • V.G. Savitski
   • N.N. Posnov
   • A.A. Lipovskii

   Pages: 841 - 846

7. Photofabrication of periodic microstructures in azodye-doped polymers by interference of laser beams

   • J.H. Si
   • J.R. Qiu
   • K. Hirao

   Pages: 847 - 851

8. Steady-state vectorial self-diffraction on a non-local photorefractive grating in a crystal of symmetry \(\)3m at symmetrical transmitting geometry

   • R.V. Litvinov

   Pages: 853 - 860

9. Electromagnetically induced transparency mediated by phonons in strongly coupled exciton–phonon systems

   • K.-D. Zhu
   • W.-S. Li

   Pages: 861 - 864

10. Theory of optical bistability in a non-linear quasi-waveguide

    • J. Liao
    • X.J. Zhang
    • N.B. Ming

    Pages: 865 - 869

11. Wavelength dependence of nonlinear absorption in a bis-phthalocyanine studied using the Z-scan technique

    • K.P. Unnikrishnan
    • J. Thomas
    • C.P.G. Vallabhan

    Pages: 871 - 874

12. Mid-infrared polarization spectroscopy of carbon dioxide

    • S. Roy
    • R.P. Lucht
    • A. McIlroy

    Pages: 875 - 882

13. Laser-induced fluorescence detection of acetylene in low-pressure propane and methane flames

    • B.A. Williams
    • J.W. Fleming

    Pages: 883 - 890

14. Reduced space-charge fields in near-stoichiometric LiTaO₃ for blue, violet, and near-ultraviolet light beams

    • M. Jazbinšek
    • M. Zgonik
    • H. Hatano

    Rapid communication Pages: 891 - 894

15. Property study of Si ⁺ -ion-implanted Nd:YVO ₄ waveguides

    • F. Chen
    • X.-L. Wang
    • R. Nie

    Rapid communication Pages: 895 - 897

16. Observation of light filaments induced in air by visible picosecond laser pulses

    • D. Mikalauskas
    • A. Dubietis
    • R. Danielius

    Rapid communication Pages: 899 - 902

17. Simultaneous measurement of absolute OH concentration, temperature and flow velocity in a flame by photothermal deflection spectroscopy

    • Y. Li
    • R. Gupta

    Rapid communication Pages: 903 - 906