1. Forthcoming papers

   Legacy Pages: A5 - A5

2. Contents volume 17 no. 9 September 1990

   Announcement Pages: A6 - A6

3. Interferometric measurement of two-dimensional Xe and electron density distributions in XeCl laser discharges

   • S. Choroba
   • W. Bötticher

   OriginalPaper Pages: 379 - 385

4. A rich spectrum from potassium vapor on the 4² S _1/2−3² D _5/2 two-photon resonance

   • Juin-huei Tsai
   • Mao-hong Lu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 386 - 394

5. Laser desorption jet-cooling of organic molecules

   • G. Meijer
   • M. S. de Vries
   • H. R. Wendt

   OriginalPaper Pages: 395 - 403

6. Double line stimulated Raman scattering in benzene

   • B. Meier
   • P. Weidner
   • A. Penzkofer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 404 - 413

7. Kinetic energy and spatial width of ion clouds in paul traps

   • M. Schubert
   • I. Siemers
   • R. Blatt

   OriginalPaper Pages: 414 - 417

8. Active phase stabilization in a two-fiber interferometer

   • G. Josten
   • W. Lüthy
   • H. P. Weber

   OriginalPaper Pages: 418 - 420

9. Performance of internal-mirror frequency-stabilized He-Ne lasers emitting green, yellow or orange light

   • W. R. C. Rowley
   • P. Gill

   OriginalPaper Pages: 421 - 426

10. Ultraviolet and blue NaHg and NaCd excimer bands

    • D. Azinović
    • G. Pichler

    OriginalPaper Pages: 427 - 430

11. A continuous-mode model of the mode locking in a pump-modulated laser

    • T. Ogawa
    • K. Ema

    OriginalPaper Pages: 431 - 436

12. Quantum confinement mediated enhancement of optical kerr effect in CdS _x Se_1−x semiconductor microcrystallites

    • Ph. Roussignol
    • D. Ricard
    • Chr. Flytzanis

    OriginalPaper Pages: 437 - 442

13. UV desorption and photochemistry of dimethylgold hexafluoroacetylacetonate adsorbed on a quartz substrate

    • J. A. Dagata
    • E. Villa
    • M. C. Lin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 443 - 450

14. Chemically produced XeF (B→X) emission

    • T. T. Yang
    • R. D. Bower
    • J. A. Blauer

    OriginalPaper Pages: 451 - 453

15. ¹⁸O-selective IR MPD of perfluorodimethyl ether

    • V. B. Laptev
    • L. M. Tunamova
    • E. A. Ryabov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 454 - 457

16. Identification of cholesterol gallstones using in vitro low-fluence laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopic analysis

    • R. Wrobel
    • P. Niay
    • J. M. Brunetaud

    OriginalPaper Pages: 458 - 464

17. Numerical modeling of a He-Zn laser with helical hollow cathode

    • V. Derzhiev
    • A. Karelin
    • S. Yakovlenko

    OriginalPaper Pages: 465 - 468