1. Forthcoming papers

   Abstract Pages: A5 - A5

2. XeCl discharge diagnostic by holographic interferometry

   • A. De Angelis
   • P. Di Lazzaro
   • T. Letardi

   Contributed Papers Pages: 1 - 6

3. The translational energy distributions for metal atoms and ions produced via visible laser MPD/MPI of group 13 metal alkyls and MPI of aluminum and indium atomic beams

   • C. L. Callender
   • D. M. Rayner
   • P. A. Hackett

   Contributed Papers Pages: 7 - 15

4. Isotope separation of³²SF₆ and¹²CF₃I by a Q-switched CO₂ laser

   • C. D'Ambrosio
   • W. Fuß
   • W. E. Schmid

   Contributed Papers Pages: 17 - 20

5. Anisotropic fibers with elliptical deformed core

   • Chen Yijiang

   Contributed Papers Pages: 21 - 25

6. Phase-conjugate amplification through transverse optical Zeeman pumping in resonant doppler-broadened degenerate four-wave mixing

   • C. Schmidt-Iglesias
   • G. Orriols
   • F. Pi

   Contributed Papers Pages: 27 - 33

7. Single-beam thermal-wave microscopes based on fourier imaging of phase information

   • A. Lörincz

   Contributed Papers Pages: 35 - 40

8. H₂ vibrational CARS thermometry

   • A. Slenczka
   • G. Marowsky
   • M. Vodegel

   Contributed Papers Pages: 41 - 46

9. A study of the methanol laser with a 500 MHz tunable CO₂ pump laser

   • F. Tang
   • A. Olafsson
   • J. O. Henningsen

   Contributed Papers Pages: 47 - 54

10. Two colour multiphoton ionization spectroscopy of uranium from a metastable state

    • P. N. Bajaj
    • K. G. Manohar
    • P. R. K. Rao

    Contributed Papers Pages: 55 - 59

11. Lase action on resonant molecular flows through capillaries

    • I. Ursu
    • R. Alexandrescu
    • Yu. N. Petrov

    Contributed Papers Pages: 61 - 65

12. Laser induced thermal profiles in thermally and optically thin films

    • F. Bloisi
    • L. Vicari
    • G. Pierattini

    Contributed Papers Pages: 67 - 69

13. Picosecond third-harmonic light generation in calcite

    • A. Penzkofer
    • F. Ossig
    • P. Qiu

    Contributed Papers Pages: 71 - 81

14. A new method of assessing the efficiency of second harmonic generation by small samples of organic crystals

    • R. T. Bailey
    • S. Blaney
    • J. N. Sherwood

    Contributed Papers Pages: 83 - 86

15. Multiple spectral structure of the 578.2 nm copper laser line

    • Wang Yongjiang
    • Shen Shengpen
    • Xia Tiejun

    Contributed Papers Pages: 87 - 89

16. Spatially-hole-burned distributed feedback dye laser produced tunable single picosecond pulses

    • F. Ráksi

    Contributed Papers Pages: 91 - 96

17. Intensity anomaly in the A²∑⁺←X²∏ resonant-(2+2) multiphoton ionization spectra of NO

    • Shi Zhouzheng
    • Lu Chengzai
    • Li Yufen

    Contributed Papers Pages: 97 - 100

18. Improved conversion efficiency of XeCl radiation to the first stokes at high pump energy

    • A. Luches
    • V. Nassisi
    • M. R. Perrone

    Contributed Papers Pages: 101 - 105