1. Forthcoming papers

   Announcement Pages: A5 - A5

2. Spectroscopic studies of laser-produced plasmas formed in CO and CO₂ using 193, 266, 355, 532 and 1064 nm laser radiation

   • J. B. Simeonsson
   • A. W. Miziolek

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 9

3. Cooperative frequency locking and tristability in a class-B laser

   • G. Slekys
   • K. Staliunas
   • C. O. Weiss

   OriginalPaper Pages: 11 - 17

4. Photoelectron-beam generation up to short threshold

   • M. S. Causo
   • M. Martino
   • V. Nassisi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 19 - 24

5. Gas-phase photolysis of tungsten hexachloride

   • R. Kullmer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 25 - 36

6. Single-pulse two-dimensional temperature imaging in flames by degenerate four-wave mixing and polarization spectroscopy

   • K. Nyholm
   • R. Fritzon
   • M. Aldén

   OriginalPaper Pages: 37 - 43

7. Real-time measurement and control of particle-number density and size of the detonation products of lead azide

   • Y. Tzuk
   • T. Ben-Porat
   • S. Rosenwaks

   OriginalPaper Pages: 45 - 52

8. Two-Step degenerate four-wave mixing as a means to decrease pre- and post-filtering effects in optically thick media

   • P. Ljungberg
   • O. Axner

   OriginalPaper Pages: 53 - 60

9. Fourier-transform sensitivity analysis

   • G. Colonna
   • S. Longo
   • M. Capitelli

   OriginalPaper Pages: 61 - 72

10. Laser ablation of aqueous solutions with spatially homogeneous and heterogeneous absorption

    • R. O. Esenaliev
    • A. A. Karabutov
    • V. S. Letokhov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 73 - 81

11. Photophysical properties and laser characteristics of a new rigid aminocoumarin dye lasing in the blue-green region

    • B. Bangar Raju
    • T. S. Varadarajan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 83 - 86