1. Forthcoming papers

   Announcement Pages: A5 - A5

2. Effects of defects on the electronic structure of ion-irradiated graphite

   • A. Mansour
   • P. Oelhafen

   Solids And Materials Pages: 437 - 440

3. Modulated photoreflectance characterization of ion-implanted semiconductor wafers

   • Z. L. Qian
   • S. Y. Zhang
   • Z. Q. Wang

   Solids And Materials Pages: 441 - 445

4. Energy levels of vanadium ions in CdTe

   • P. Peka
   • M. U. Lehr
   • K. W. Benz

   Solids And Materials Pages: 447 - 451

5. Au diffusion in α-Ti

   • J. H. R. dos Santos
   • P. F. P. Fichtner
   • F. Dyment

   Solids And Materials Pages: 453 - 457

6. Thermoluminescence in ZrO₂ with impurity of ZnO induced by UV radiation

   • W. C. Hsieh
   • C. S. Su

   Solids And Materials Pages: 459 - 465

7. Laser resonance external photoelectric effect in F ₂ ⁻ color centers of LiF crystals

   • S. K. Sekatskii
   • V. S. Letokhov
   • V. V. Ter-Mikirtychev

   Solids And Materials Pages: 467 - 470

8. Patterning of YBCO films by excimer-laser ablation

   • S. Proyer
   • E. Stangl
   • C. Jordan

   Surfaces And Multilayers Pages: 471 - 474

9. Efficient ablation of organic polymers polyether sulphone and polyether ether ketone by a TEA CO₂ laser with high perforation ability

   • T. Sumiyoshi
   • Y. Ninomiya
   • H. Tanaka

   Surfaces And Multilayers Pages: 475 - 479

10. Raman scattering and phase state of H:LiTaO₃ waveguide thin films

    • I. Savatinova
    • S. Tonchev
    • E. Liarokapis

    Surfaces And Multilayers Pages: 481 - 485

11. Metal/TaN (≈5 nm)/Si diode fabricated by DC magnetron sputtering

    • Q. X. Jia
    • K. Ebihara
    • W. A. Anderson

    Surfaces And Multilayers Pages: 487 - 491

12. Modification of engineering silicon nitride ceramics by energetic-ion bombardment

    • W. Bolse
    • S. D. Peteves
    • F. W. Saris

    Surfaces And Multilayers Pages: 493 - 502

13. Indium tin oxide as an optical memory material

    • M. C. de Andrade
    • S. Moehlecke

    Surfaces And Multilayers Pages: 503 - 506

14. Excimer-laser-assisted RF glow-discharge deposition of amorphous and microcrystalline silicon thin films

    • N. Layadi
    • P. Roca i Cabarrocas
    • J. Spousta

    Surfaces And Multilayers Pages: 507 - 512

15. Femtosecond-pulse laser ablation of human corneas

    • W. Kautek
    • S. Mitterer
    • G. Grabner

    Surfaces And Multilayers Pages: 513 - 518

16. Optical losses in ion-implanted waveguides

    • S. P. Pogossian
    • H. Le Gall

    Surfaces And Multilayers Pages: 519 - 522

17. Elastic modulus and in-plane thermal diffusivity measurements in thin polyimide films using symmetry-selective real-time impulsive stimulated thermal scattering

    • J. A. Rogers
    • Y. Yang
    • K. A. Nelson

    Surfaces And Multilayers Pages: 523 - 534

18. Optical properties of thin metallic film/dielectric superlattices constrained by the size effect

    • J. -T. Lue
    • J. -S. Sheng

    Surfaces And Multilayers Pages: 535 - 539