1. Forthcoming papers

   Abstract Pages: A5 - A5

2. Picosecond pulse shortening by travelling wave amplified spontaneous emission

   • Zs. Bor
   • S. Szatmári
   • Alexander Müller

   Invited Papers Pages: 101 - 104

3. Power enhancement of the cw 12.08 μm NH₃ Raman laser with the addition of H₂/He buffer gases

   • P. Wazen
   • J. -M. Lourtioz

   Invited Papers Pages: 105 - 111

4. Monitoring of the stratospheric ozone layer by laser radar

   • J. Werner
   • K. W. Rothe
   • H. Walther

   Invited Papers Pages: 113 - 118

5. Waveform of the amplitude modulated laser light by means of a mechanical chopper

   • I. Mendaš
   • P. Vujković Cvijin

   Invited Papers Pages: 119 - 122

6. Short uv laser pulse generation by quenching of resonator transients

   • F. P. Schäfer
   • Lee Wenchong
   • S. Szatmári

   Invited Papers Pages: 123 - 125

7. A cw uv copper hollow cathode laser in the 260 nm region

   • M. Yang

   Invited Papers Pages: 127 - 135

8. Measurement of third-order nonlinear susceptibilities by non-phase matched third-harmonic generation

   • M. Thalhammer
   • A. Penzkofer

   Invited Papers Pages: 137 - 143

9. Frequency modulation (FM) spectroscopy

   • G. C. Bjorklund
   • M. D. Levenson
   • C. Ortiz

   Invited Papers Pages: 145 - 152

10. Complete and reversible absorption of radiation

    • H. Ries

    Invited Papers Pages: 153 - 156

11. Time duration of VUV-radiation emission of a laser produced plasma as function of laser pulse length and wavelength of observation

    • J. Fischer
    • M. Kühne

    Invited Papers Pages: 157 - 159

12. A stroboscopical gas-electron diffraction method for the investigation of short-lived molecular species

    • A. A. Ischenko
    • V. V. Golubkov
    • V. N. Bagratashvili

    Invited Papers Pages: 161 - 163