1. Enhancement of high energy proton yield with a polystyrene-coated metal target driven by a high-intensity femtosecond laser

   • A. Yogo
   • M. Nishiuchi
   • A. Noda

   Rapid communication 29 April 2006 Pages: 487 - 489

2. Intracavity acousto-optic programmable gain control for ultra-wide-band regenerative amplifiers

   • T. Oksenhendler
   • D. Kaplan
   • F. Estable

   Rapid communication 05 May 2006 Pages: 491 - 494

3. ¹²CH₃OH and ¹³CH₃OH optically pumped by the 10P and 10HP bands of a pulsed CO₂ laser: New far-infrared laser emissions and assignments

   • A. De Michele
   • G. Carelli
   • G. Moruzzi

   Rapid communication 14 April 2006 Pages: 495 - 497

4. Spray thermometry using thermographic phosphors

   • J. Brübach
   • A. Patt
   • A. Dreizler

   Rapid communication 13 May 2006 Pages: 499 - 502

5. Chirped-pulse oscillators: theory and experiment

   • V.L. Kalashnikov
   • E. Podivilov
   • A. Apolonski

   OriginalPaper 14 April 2006 Pages: 503 - 510

6. Advanced methods for the characterization of few-cycle light pulses: a comparison

   • G. Stibenz
   • C. Ropers
   • G. Steinmeyer

   OriginalPaper 14 April 2006 Pages: 511 - 519

7. Electron radiography using hot electron jets from sub-millijoule femtosecond laser pulses

   • C.G. Serbanescu
   • R. Fedosejevs

   OriginalPaper 04 May 2006 Pages: 521 - 525

8. Generation of small bound polarons in lithium niobate crystals on the subpicosecond time scale

   • O. Beyer
   • D. Maxein
   • K. Buse

   OriginalPaper 25 April 2006 Pages: 527 - 530

9. Vibration-insensitive reference cavity for an ultra-narrow-linewidth laser

   • T. Nazarova
   • F. Riehle
   • U. Sterr

   OriginalPaper 04 May 2006 Pages: 531 - 536

10. All-optical control of the carrier-envelope phase with multi-stage optical parametric amplifiers verified with spectral interference

    • K. Wu
    • Y. Peng
    • H. Zeng

    OriginalPaper 26 April 2006 Pages: 537 - 541

11. Flexible all-optical wavelength conversions of 1.57-ps pulses exploiting cascaded sum- and difference frequency generation (cSFG/DFG) in a PPLN waveguide

    • J. Wang
    • J. Sun
    • Q. Sun

    OriginalPaper 05 May 2006 Pages: 543 - 548

12. A method of tunable high repetition-rate picosecond optical pulse generation using injection locking of laser diodes

    • S. Das
    • T. Chattopadhyay

    OriginalPaper 01 April 2006 Pages: 549 - 551

13. Generation of 15-nJ bunched noise-like pulses with 93-nm bandwidth in an erbium-doped fiber ring laser

    • L.M. Zhao
    • D.Y. Tang

    OriginalPaper 01 April 2006 Pages: 553 - 557

14. Laser gain in femtosecond microstructured Nd:MgO:LiNbO₃ crystals

    • G.A. Torchia
    • C. Mendez
    • D. Jaque

    OriginalPaper 08 April 2006 Pages: 559 - 563

15. Auger upconversion energy transfer losses and efficient 1.06 μm laser emission in Nd³⁺ doped fluoroindogallate glass

    • A.S.S. de Camargo
    • C. Jacinto
    • L.A.O. Nunes

    OriginalPaper 14 March 2006 Pages: 565 - 569

16. On measuring birefringences and dichroisms using Fabry–Pérot cavities

    • G. Zavattini
    • G. Cantatore
    • G. Ruoso

    OriginalPaper 14 April 2006 Pages: 571 - 577

17. Growth and spectral properties of Tm³⁺-doped NaGd(WO₄)₂ crystal

    • H. Wang
    • G. Jia
    • C. Tu

    OriginalPaper 14 April 2006 Pages: 579 - 585

18. The imaging properties of photonic crystal slabs with effective negative refraction indexes

    • Y. Fang
    • Q. Zhou

    OriginalPaper 27 April 2006 Pages: 587 - 594

19. Simultaneous complete elastic and electromagnetic band gaps in periodic structures

    • M. Maldovan
    • E.L. Thomas

    OriginalPaper 05 May 2006 Pages: 595 - 600

20. Hydrostatic pressure and thermal loading induced long-term optical effects in tightly jacketed double-coated optical fibers

    • H.-L. Lee
    • Y.-C. Yang
    • W.-J. Chang

    OriginalPaper 14 April 2006 Pages: 601 - 607

21. Thermo-optic effects in electro-optic crystals used in an intensity-modulation system. – Application in LiTaO₃

    • H.L. Saadon
    • N. Théofanous
    • M.D. Fontana

    OriginalPaper 21 April 2006 Pages: 609 - 617

22. Experimental study of multiplexed holographic gratings recorded in a photopolymerizable silica glass

    • A. Murciano
    • L. Carretero
    • A. Fimia

    OriginalPaper 05 May 2006 Pages: 619 - 622

23. All-optical limiting using nonlinear directional couplers composed of a self-focusing and a self-defocusing waveguide

    • W. Wang
    • Y. Wang
    • D. Lenstra

    OriginalPaper 01 April 2006 Pages: 623 - 628

24. Numerical analysis of effects of thickness on electromagnetic wave absorption properties of CPCCB/paraffin wax composite

    • B. Wen
    • J. Zhao
    • J. Jin

    OriginalPaper 06 April 2006 Pages: 629 - 633

25. Level mixing induced transparency II. Different transition probabilities of the crossing lines

    • R.N. Shakhmuratov
    • J. Odeurs
    • P. Mandel

    OriginalPaper 21 April 2006 Pages: 635 - 641

26. Analysis and kinetic model of a high-pressure KrI excimer emission in a novel capacitively coupled rf lamp

    • S. Peng
    • J.D. Ametepe
    • D.M. Manos

    OriginalPaper 01 April 2006 Pages: 643 - 650

27. Comparison between single- and double-pulse LIBS at different air pressures on silicon target

    • K. Amal
    • S.H. Elnaby
    • M.A. Harith

    OriginalPaper 05 May 2006 Pages: 651 - 657

28. Optical–feedback cavity–enhanced absorption: a compact spectrometer for real–time measurement of atmospheric methane

    • D. Romanini
    • M. Chenevier
    • H.-J. Jost

    OriginalPaper 22 April 2006 Pages: 659 - 667

29. Cantilever-based photoacoustic detection of carbon dioxide using a fiber-amplified diode laser

    • T. Laurila
    • H. Cattaneo
    • R. Hernberg

    Erratum 21 April 2006 Pages: 669 - 669