1. Forthcoming papers

   Legacy Pages: A5 - A5

2. Contents of Chinese journal of lasers volume 17, number 3, March 1990

   Legacy Pages: A6 - A6

3. CW coherent VUV radiation generated by resonant sum-frequency mixing in metal vapors

   • J. Nolting
   • H. Kunze
   • R. Wallenstein

   Invited Paper Pages: 331 - 344

4. Efficient optically pumped NH₃ amplifiers in the 10–12 μm region

   • J. D. White
   • D. M. Bruce
   • J. Reid

   Contributed Papers Pages: 345 - 354

5. Forward four-wave interactions in bismuth silicon oxide-theory and experiment

   • D. C. Jones
   • L. Solymar

   Contributed Papers Pages: 355 - 359

6. Generation of high peak power excimer laser radiation by pulse shortening

   • A. Tünnermann
   • K. Wrede
   • B. Wellegehausen

   Contributed Papers Pages: 361 - 364

7. A tunable UV-light source for laser spectroscopy using second harmonic generation in β-BaB₂O₄

   • H. J. Müschenborn
   • W. Theiß
   • W. Demtröder

   Contributed Papers Pages: 365 - 369

8. C₂ creation, emission, and laser-induced fluorescence in flames and cold gases

   • J. E. M. Goldsmith
   • D. Therese Biernacki Kearsley

   Contributed Papers Pages: 371 - 379

9. Simple frequency measurement chain to 30 THz

   • Y. C. Ni
   • C. O. Weiss

   Contributed Papers Pages: 381 - 383

10. ¹³C-selective two-stage IRMPD of mixtures of CHClF₂ and HI

    • P. H. Ma
    • K. Sugita
    • S. Arai

    Contributed Papers Pages: 385 - 392

11. Second harmonic generation in planar optical waveguides

    • A. Bratz
    • B. U. Felderhof
    • G. Marowsky

    Contributed Papers Pages: 393 - 404

12. Picosecond four-wave mixing reflectivity of GaAs at 1.06 μm

    • Haiming Ma
    • Fuming Li

    Contributed Papers Pages: 405 - 408

13. Theory of active-passive mode-locking of solid-state lasers using a nonlinear mirror

    • V. P. Petrov
    • K. A. Stankov

    Contributed Papers Pages: 409 - 413

14. Performance of a ten-liter electron avalanche-discharge XeCl laser device

    • S. Bollanti
    • P. Di Lazzaro
    • C. E. Zheng

    Contributed Papers Pages: 415 - 423

15. Temperature dependence of the lifetime of Cr³⁺ luminescence in garnet crystals I

    • M. Yamaga
    • B. Henderson
    • A. Marshall

    Contributed Papers Pages: 425 - 431

16. Observations of anomalous “quantum jumps” in a single ion trap

    • J. D. Sankey
    • A. A. Madej

    Contributed Papers Pages: 433 - 438