1. Forthcoming papers

   Legacy Pages: A5 - A5

2. Millimetre and submillimetre wavelength lasers

   Announcement Pages: A6 - A6

3. Editorial

   • E. Fill

   X-Ray Lasers Pages: 145 - 146

4. Soft X-ray amplification by Li-like Al¹⁰⁺ and Si¹¹⁺ ions in recombining plasmas

   • Zhi-zhan Xu
   • Zheng-quan Zhang
   • Ai-di Qian

   X-Ray Lasers Pages: 147 - 151

5. Effective rates for li-like ions; calculated XUV gains in Al¹⁰⁺

   • A. Klisnick
   • A. Sureau
   • J. Virmont

   X-Ray Lasers Pages: 153 - 164

6. X-ray laser experiments using double foil nickel targets

   • T. Boehly
   • B. Yaakobi
   • J. M. Soures

   X-Ray Lasers Pages: 165 - 172

7. Pd-Na/F double exploding foil photoionization experiment

   • P. D. Morley
   • G. Charatis
   • J. Sugar

   X-Ray Lasers Pages: 173 - 175

8. Soft X-ray gain in hydrogenic ions: Line pumping, ionization pumping and transient excitation

   • David G. Goodwin
   • Ernst E. Fill

   X-Ray Lasers Pages: 177 - 185

9. High density plasmas for recombination X-ray lasers

   • R. A. Smith
   • V. Barrow
   • O. Willi

   X-Ray Lasers Pages: 187 - 192

10. Absolute intensity of a sodium-like resonance line for temperature diagnosis of neon-like X-ray laser plasmas

    • M. C. Coulter
    • J. P. Apruzese
    • K. G. Whitney

    X-Ray Lasers Pages: 193 - 197

11. The development of an X-ray lasing oscillator

    • G. Charatis
    • D. J. Drake
    • P. D. Morley

    X-Ray Lasers Pages: 199 - 204

12. Laser cavities and polarization optics for soft X-rays and the extreme ultraviolet

    • John Paul Braud

    X-Ray Lasers Pages: 205 - 212

13. Thomas-fermi approach to the theory of optical constants in the XUV range

    • O. I. Tolstikhin
    • A. V. Vinogradov

    X-Ray Lasers Pages: 213 - 220

14. Multiphoton ionization studies of amines with UV-VIS lasers

    • Gary Siuzdak
    • Joseph J. BelBruno

    Contributed Papers Pages: 221 - 226

15. Dynamics of excimer laser ablation of polyimide determined by time-resolved reflectivity

    • D. L. Singleton
    • G. Paraskevopoulos
    • R. S. Taylor

    Contributed Papers Pages: 227 - 230

16. Excited state absorption in Mn²⁺ doped phosphate glass

    • J. Jethwa
    • F. P. Schäfer
    • R. Reisfeld

    Contributed Papers Pages: 231 - 232

17. Defocusing as a means of light removal from an amplifying medium

    • F. V. Bunkin
    • V. P. Bykov
    • M. I. Djibladze

    Contributed Papers Pages: 233 - 238