1. Forthcoming papers

   Announcement Pages: A5 - A5

2. Editorial

   • G. Marowsky

   Liquid-Crystal Nonlinear Optics Pages: 563 - 563

3. Stochastic processes in a nonlinear Kerr-like ordered liquid

   • V. E. Drnoian
   • T. V. Galstyan
   • S. M. Arakelian

   Liquid-Crystal Nonlinear Optics Pages: 565 - 571

4. Nonlinear optical propagation and self-limiting effect in liquid-crystalline fibers

   • I. C. Khoo
   • H. Li

   Liquid-Crystal Nonlinear Optics Pages: 573 - 580

5. Analysis of dynamic pattern formation in nonlinear Fabry-Perot resonators

   • M. Kreuzer
   • H. Gottschling
   • T. Tschudi

   Liquid-Crystal Nonlinear Optics Pages: 581 - 589

6. Novel glass-forming ferroelectric liquid-crystal material of high second-order nonlinearity

   • M. Loddoch
   • G. Marowsky
   • G. Heppke

   Liquid-Crystal Nonlinear Optics Pages: 591 - 595

7. Voltage sensitivity of the optical nonlinearity in nematic liquid-crystal cells

   • A. Newzella
   • R. Stolle
   • T. Stiens

   Liquid-Crystal Nonlinear Optics Pages: 597 - 600

8. Optical second-harmonic generation in ferroelectric chiral smectic polysiloxane

   • M. Ozaki
   • M. Sakuta
   • K. Skarp

   Liquid-Crystal Nonlinear Optics Pages: 601 - 606

9. Nonlinear optical ferroelectric liquid crystals and device configurations

   • M. Schadt
   • K. Schmitt

   Liquid-Crystal Nonlinear Optics Pages: 607 - 615

10. Liquid-crystal alignment of phthalocyanine-derived Langmuir-Blodgett films

    • Y. M. Zhu
    • H. Chen
    • W. Yan

    Liquid-Crystal Nonlinear Optics Pages: 617 - 619

11. Dynamics of laser-induced channel formation in water and influence of pulse duration on the ablation of biotissue under water with pulsed erbium-laser radiation

    • M. Ith
    • H. Pratisto
    • H. P. Weber

    Regular Papers Pages: 621 - 629

12. Laser-frequency stabilization using forward scattering

    • T. Fellman
    • Å. Lindberg
    • B. Ståhlberg

    Regular Papers Pages: 631 - 633

13. Calibration of OH laser-induced fluorescence temperature measurements using thermally dissociated H₂O

    • T. M. Quagliaroli
    • G. Laufer
    • J. C. McDaniel

    Regular Papers Pages: 635 - 638

14. A phototermal experiment interpreted as evidence of electron-hole self-ordering in As-S chalcogenide glasses

    • B. P. Antonyuk
    • M. Bertolotti
    • C. Sibilia

    Regular Papers Pages: 639 - 643

15. Additives as ionizing elements in N₂ TE UV lasers

    • A. Dias Tavares Jr.
    • A. M. Borges
    • C. A. Massone

    Regular Papers Pages: 645 - 648

16. Superradiating 4P-4S-3P cascade of sodium vapour arising on the leading edge of the exciting laser pulse

    • Z. Kuprionis
    • V. Švedas

    Regular Papers Pages: 649 - 653

17. Mechanism transition of self-pumped phase conjugation in KTa_{1 −x}NbxO₃:Fe crystals

    • Y. Lian
    • H. Gao
    • J. Wang

    Regular Papers Pages: 655 - 658

18. Diode end-pumped high-efficiency Nd:YAG laser

    • V. Kushawaha
    • Y. Chen

    Rapid Communication Pages: 659 - 661