1. Forthcoming papers

   Announcement Pages: A5 - A5

2. Spectroscopic investigation of the visible and mid-infrared emission in Tm- and Ho-doped YAG and YLF crystals

   • M. Falconieri
   • A. Lanzi
   • G. Salvetti

   OriginalPaper Pages: 537 - 546

3. Stimulated emission of a laser photon by the excited states of a three-level atom

   • C. Mavroyannis

   OriginalPaper Pages: 547 - 555

4. Laser-excited fluorescence of perylene by using self-induced second-harmonic and sum-frequency radiation emanating from high-power AlGaAs double hetero-type diodes

   • G. Stareev
   • A. Balter
   • D. Sowada

   OriginalPaper Pages: 557 - 561

5. Photopyroelectric spectroscopy in the presence of an air gap transparent phase-shifter

   • A. Seas
   • C. Christofides

   OriginalPaper Pages: 563 - 574

6. A direct method of particle sizing based on the statistical processing of scattered photons from particles executing Brownian motion

   • H. S. Dhadwal
   • K. Suh
   • D. A. Ross

   OriginalPaper Pages: 575 - 581

7. A detailed rate equation model for the simulation of energy transfer in OH laser-induced fluorescence

   • R. Kienle
   • M. P. Lee
   • K. Kohse-Höinghaus

   OriginalPaper Pages: 583 - 599

8. Single-pulse collision-insensitive picosecond planar laser-induced fluorescence of OHA ² Σ ⁺ (v′ = 2) in atmospheric-pressure flames

   • F. Bormann
   • T. Nielsen
   • P. Andresen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 601 - 607

9. Temperature measurements in CO₂-laser-induced pyrolysis flames for SiC and ternary SiC/C/B powder synthesis by means of CARS

   • J. Förster
   • M. von Hoesslin
   • J. Uhlenbusch

   OriginalPaper Pages: 609 - 612

10. Liquid-crystal alignment of rubbed polyimide films: A microscopic investigation

    • H. -M. Wu
    • J. -H. Tang
    • Y. Wei

    OriginalPaper Pages: 613 - 618

11. Cu-like Pd and Ag inner-shell photoionization phenomena

    • L. Kong
    • S. Chunyu
    • W. Xie

    OriginalPaper Pages: 619 - 622