1. X-ray spectra from highly ionized dense plasmas produced by ultrashort laser pulses

   • U. Teubner
   • T. Missalla
   • C. Wülker

   OriginalPaper Pages: 213 - 220

2. Laser action below threshold inversion due to coherent population trapping

   • C. Peters
   • W. Lange

   OriginalPaper Pages: 221 - 225

3. Two-photon emission competing with cooperative and nonlinear processes

   • J. Sparbier
   • K. -J. Boller
   • P. E. Toschek

   OriginalPaper Pages: 227 - 234

4. Compositional stability in GeO _x and SbO _x thin films for optical-storage applications

   • F. Vega
   • C. N. Afonso

   OriginalPaper Pages: 235 - 240

5. Operation of KrF and ArF tunable excimer lasers without Cassegrain optics

   • G. Grünefeld
   • H. Schlüter
   • E. W. Rothe

   OriginalPaper Pages: 241 - 247

6. Temperature and pressure dependences of the laser-induced fluorescence of gas-phase acetone and 3-pentanone

   • F. Grossmann
   • P. B. Monkhouse
   • J. Wolfrum

   OriginalPaper Pages: 249 - 253

7. Two-dimensional quenching lifetime measurement of OH:A ² Σ ⁺(υ′ = 1) and NO:A ² Σ(υ′ = 0) in atmospheric-pressure flames

   • M. Tsujishita
   • A. Hirano

   OriginalPaper Pages: 255 - 262

8. Infrared absorption of silane, ammonia, acetylene and diborane in the range of the CO₂ laser emission lines: Measurements and modelling

   • J. Förster
   • Th. Hagen
   • J. Uhlenbusch

   OriginalPaper Pages: 263 - 272

9. Sensitive density-fluctuation measurements using wavelength-modulation spectroscopy with high-order-harmonic detection

   • A. N. Dharamsi
   • Y. Lu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 273 - 278

10. Two wavelength-CARS thermometry of hydrogen

    • W. Clauss
    • A. A. Il'yukhin
    • K. A. Vereschagin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 279 - 285

11. Fluorescence and attenuation properties of Er³⁺ -doped phosphate-glass fibers and efficient infrared-to-visible up-conversion

    • Y. -L. Lu
    • Y. -Q. Lu
    • N. -B. Ming

    OriginalPaper Pages: 287 - 291

12. Reverse saturable absorption and optical limiting in indanthrone dyes

    • Rama Chari
    • S. R. Mishra
    • S. M. Oak

    OriginalPaper Pages: 293 - 297

13. Degenerate four-wave mixing based on excited-state absorption in azo-dye-doped polymer films

    • H. Fei
    • Y. Yang
    • G. Sun

    OriginalPaper Pages: 299 - 302

14. Deviation of the plane-wave approximation for optical fields in thin metallic films at various frequencies and temperatures

    • Y. -S. Hor
    • J. -T. Lue

    OriginalPaper Pages: 303 - 308

15. Effect of three-wave-phase development on the stimulated Raman scatttering in an electron plasma

    • X. Feng
    • S. Lee
    • S. Kumar

    OriginalPaper Pages: 309 - 311

16. Rescattering effect in above-threshold ionization processes

    • D. Bao
    • S. G. Chen
    • J. Liu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 313 - 318

17. Effect of the unexcited vapour region inside a heatpipe on the observation of UV diffuse bands in 337.1 nm excitation of Na₂

    • S. Shahdin
    • M. A. Mgheder
    • A. T. Bouzed

    OriginalPaper Pages: 319 - 322