1. Forthcoming papers

   Announcement Pages: A5 - A5

2. Quantum non-demolition measurements

   • J. Mlynek
   • G. Rempe
   • M. Wilkens

   Call for papers Pages: A6 - A6

3. Laser-induced fluorescence thermometry and concentration measurements on NOA–X (0-0) transitions in the exhaust gas of high pressure CH₄/air flames

   • A. O. Vyrodov
   • J. Heinze
   • W. Stricker

   OriginalPaper Pages: 409 - 414

4. Multiwave-pumped mirrorless parametric oscillation in BaTiO₃

   • G. Jäkel
   • J. Neumann
   • E. Krätzig

   OriginalPaper Pages: 415 - 419

5. Polarization-spectroscopic measurement and spectral simulation of OH (A ² Σ−X ² Π) and NH (A ³ Π−X ³ Σ) transitions in atmospheric pressure flames

   • A. A. Suvernev
   • A. Dreizler
   • J. Wolfrum

   OriginalPaper Pages: 421 - 427

6. Continuous-wave mode-locked solid-state lasers with enhanced spatial hole burning

   • B. Braun
   • K. J. Weingarten
   • U. Keller

   OriginalPaper Pages: 429 - 437

7. Generation of femtosecond vacuum-ultraviolet pulses

   • S. P. Le Blanc
   • Z. Qi
   • R. Sauerbrey

   OriginalPaper Pages: 439 - 449

8. Tunable, sub-nanosecond KrF-Raman laser in the ultraviolet

   • M. D. Burrows
   • F. Bormann
   • P. Andresen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 451 - 460

9. High-resolution diode-laser spectroscopy on a fast beam of metastable atoms for detecting very rare krypton isotopes

   • A. I. Ludin
   • B. E. Lehmann

   OriginalPaper Pages: 461 - 465

10. Doppler-free two-color spectroscopy of the 6₂ S _1/2–8₂ S _1/2 cesium transition using semiconductor diode lasers

    • C. Fort
    • M. Inguscio
    • A. Sasso

    OriginalPaper Pages: 467 - 472

11. Interference-free UV-laser-induced Raman and Rayleigh measurements in hydrocarbon combustion using polarization properties

    • G. Grünefeld
    • V. Beushausen
    • P. Andresen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 473 - 478

12. Measurements of collisional quenching of hydrogen atoms in an atmospheric-pressure hydrogen oxygen flame by picosecond laser-induced fluorescence

    • S. Agrup
    • F. Ossler
    • M. Aldén

    OriginalPaper Pages: 479 - 487

13. Generation of 6.8–7.7 µm radiation in lithium iodate

    • U. Chatterjee
    • A. M. Rudra
    • G. C. Bhar

    OriginalPaper Pages: 489 - 491

14. High-order harmonic generation in nitrogen molecules with subpicosecond visible dye-laser pulses

    • Hirofumi Sakai
    • Kenzo Miyazaki

    OriginalPaper Pages: 493 - 498

15. Time-resolved LIF of OH in the flame front of premixed and diffusion flames at atmospheric pressure

    • M. Köllner
    • P. Monkhouse

    OriginalPaper Pages: 499 - 503

16. Probe-beam deflection diagnostics of shock waves generated during laser drilling

    • R. Pini
    • R. Salimbeni
    • G. Toci

    OriginalPaper Pages: 505 - 510

17. Optical restoration of photorefractive holograms

    • P. Yeh
    • C. Gu
    • K. Y. Hsu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 511 - 514

18. Pulsed-laser photolysis of chromium and molybdenum hexacarbonyls at 308 nm: Simultaneous monitoring of optical and acoustic emissions

    • C. W. Chan
    • N. H. Cheung

    OriginalPaper Pages: 515 - 523

19. Rotating-disk diode-pumped continuous-wave Nd:YAG laser

    • Y. Chen
    • V. Kushawaha

    Rapid Communication Pages: 525 - 528

20. Collinear and non-collinear sum-frequency mixing inβ-BBO for a tunable 195–198 nm all-solid-state laser system

    • J. Lublinski
    • M. Müller
    • K. Vogler

    Rapid Communication Pages: 529 - 532