1. Forthcoming papers

   Announcement Pages: A5 - A5

2. The application of incoherent light for the study of femtosecond-picosecond relaxation in condensed phase

   • T. Kobayashi
   • A. Terasaki
   • K. Kurokawa

   Invited Paper Pages: 107 - 125

3. NaCl color center laser with birefringent tuning

   • G. Phillipps
   • P. Hinske
   • R. Beigang

   Contributed Papers Pages: 127 - 133

4. A novel picosecond distributed feedback dye laser arrangement for excimer laser pumping

   • Z. Bor
   • G. Szabó

   Contributed Papers Pages: 135 - 140

5. Improved lasing properties of the HêN ₂ ⁺ system at 391 nm and 428 nm by H₂ admixture

   • F. Emmert
   • R. Dux
   • H. Langhoff

   Contributed Papers Pages: 141 - 148

6. Automatic impedance matching and opto-Hertzian effect in RF excited CO₂ waveguide lasers

   • P. E. Jackson
   • K. M. Abramski
   • D. R. Hall

   Contributed Papers Pages: 149 - 157

7. Wave mixing and amplified spontaneous emission in pure potassium and mixed sodium-potassium vapors

   • B. K. Clark
   • M. Masters
   • J. Huennekens

   Contributed Papers Pages: 159 - 167

8. Imaging of optical wavetrains

   • F. Keilmann
   • K. W. Kussmaul
   • Z. Szentirmay

   Contributed Papers Pages: 169 - 176

9. Determination of rf electric field strengths in deuterium from satellite structure of Balmer lines

   • A. Kamp
   • G. Himmel

   Contributed Papers Pages: 177 - 185

10. Near infrared lasing transitions in Ar, Kr, and Xe atoms pumped by a coaxial e-beam

    • P. J. M. Peters
    • Mei Qi-Chu
    • W. J. Witteman

    Contributed Papers Pages: 187 - 190

11. Determination of diffusion coefficients of C₂ radicals by laser induced fluorescence spectroscopy

    • T. Okada
    • Y. Kajiyama
    • M. Maeda

    Contributed Papers Pages: 191 - 193

12. Photophysical properties and laser performance of rubrene

    • H. -G. Löhmannsröben

    Contributed Papers Pages: 195 - 199

13. Anomalous linewidths and peak-height ratios in¹³⁷Ba hyperfine lines

    • B. D. Cannon
    • T. J. Whitaker
    • B. A. Bushaw

    Contributed Papers Pages: 201 - 206