1. Forthcoming papers

   Announcement Pages: A5 - A5

2. Simultaneous phase-lock of five CO₂ lasers to a primary Cs frequency standard

   • B. G. Whitford

   Contributed Papers Pages: 119 - 122

3. Independently controllable multiline emission from a TEA CO₂ laser

   • Wan Chongyi
   • Zhou Jinwen
   • K. L. Kompa

   Contributed Papers Pages: 123 - 126

4. Optically pumped submillimetre laser action in formaldoxime and ammonia

   • G. Duxbury
   • J. C. Petersen

   Contributed Papers Pages: 127 - 129

5. Characteristics of a wire preionized nitrogen laser with helium as buffer gas

   • C. H. Brito Cruz
   • V. Loureiro
   • A. Scalabrin

   Contributed Papers Pages: 131 - 133

6. A novel method of DNA transfection by laser microbeam cell surgery

   • M. Tsukakoshi
   • S. Kurata
   • T. Kasuya

   Contributed Papers Pages: 135 - 140

7. On the multiple-root problem when solving directly the nonlinear coupled-wave equations for two-wave mixing in a reflection geometry

   • Y. H. Ja

   Contributed Papers Pages: 141 - 144

8. Faraday rotation in a single-mode fiber with controlled birefringence

   • M. Grexa
   • G. Hermann
   • A. Scharmann

   Contributed Papers Pages: 145 - 148

9. Collimation of atomic beams by resonant laser radiation pressure

   • V. I. Balykin
   • V. S. Letokhov
   • T. V. Zueva

   Contributed Papers Pages: 149 - 153

10. Electrode design for a magnetically stabilized glow discharge

    • D. M. Antoniuk
    • H. J. J. Seguin
    • C. E. Capjack

    Contributed Papers Pages: 155 - 162

11. Small-signal gain of Free Electron Laser in a resonator Gaussian mode

    • I. Boscolo
    • J. Gallardo

    Contributed Papers Pages: 163 - 166

12. Xe₂Cl fluorescence and absorption in self-sustained discharge XeCl lasers

    • H. Shields
    • A. J. Alcock

    Contributed Papers Pages: 167 - 172

13. Second-stage enrichment in the laser separation of carbon isotopes

    • M. Gauthier
    • A. Outhouse
    • P. A. Hackett

    Contributed Papers Pages: 173 - 177