Ultra-fast spectroscopy and extreme nonlinear optics by few-optical-cycle laser pulses G. CerulloG. LanzaniC. de Lisio Invited paper Pages: 779 - 786
Femtosecond pump-probe investigation of ultrafast silver nanoparticle deformation in a glass matrix G. SeifertM. KaempfeH. Graener Pages: 795 - 800
Self-contained compact pulsed laser based on an auto-wave photon-branched chain reaction R.R. LetfullinT.F. George Pages: 813 - 818
Optimization of grating size in chirped-pulse-amplification. laser system B.C. LiW. TheobaldR. Sauerbrey Pages: 819 - 826
High-power diode-end-pumped Nd:YVO4 laser: thermally induced fracture versus pump-wavelength sensitivity Y.F. ChenY.P. LanS.C. Wang Pages: 827 - 830
Output power optimisation of slab-waveguide laser with Gaussian output mirror P. WitońskiP. Szczepański Pages: 831 - 839
Photorefractive optical properties of volume phase gratings induced in sillenite crystals, when the grating vector lies on the (111) plane D.G. PapazoglouN.C. DeliolanisE.D. Vanidhis Pages: 841 - 848
Low transverse temperature electron beams generated from molybdenum cathodes stimulated by a singular NUV laser V. NassisiF. Paladini Pages: 849 - 852
Simultaneous detection of methane, oxygen and water vapour utilising near-infrared diode lasers in conjunction with difference-frequency generation U. GustafssonJ. SandstenS. Svanberg Pages: 853 - 857
Comparison of dephasing times for vibrational and rotational coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering: implications for velocimetry B. ScherrerA. GodardM. Lefebvre Pages: 859 - 864
Pressure dependence of vibrational Raman scattering of narrow-band, 248-nm, laser light by H2, N2, O2, CO2, CH4, C2H6, and C3H8 as high as 97 bar Y. GuY. ZhouG.P. Reck Pages: 865 - 871
Cavity-ring-down spectroscopic studies of NO2 in the region around 613 nm J. LauterbachD. KleineP. Hering Pages: 873 - 876
The critical laser intensity of self-guided light filaments in air J. KasparianR. SauerbreyS.L. Chin Rapid communication Pages: 877 - 879
Structure in the angular dependence of optical suppression of photoassociative ionization collisions within an optically cooled and collimated sodium atom beam W. DeGraffenreidJ. Ramirez-SerranoJ. Weiner Rapid communication Pages: 881 - 884
Femtosecond ultraviolet pulses generated using noncollinear optical parametric amplification and sum frequency mixing A. KummrowM. WittmannE.T.J. Nibbering Rapid communication Pages: 885 - 887
High average power ultra-fast fiber chirped pulse amplification system A. LiemD. NickelG. Korn Rapid communication Pages: 889 - 891
Laser oscillation of Er3+:YVO4 and Er3+, Yb3+:YVO4 crystals in the spectral range around 1.6 μm I. SokólskaE. HeumannT. Lukasiewicz Rapid communication Pages: 893 - 896
Laser modes in organic solid-state distributed feedback lasers S. RiechelU. LemmerV. Wittwer Rapid communication Pages: 897 - 900
Temperature dependence of terahertz radiation from n-type InSb and n-type InAs surfaces S. KonoP. GuK. Sakai Rapid communication Pages: 901 - 904
Low-coherence interferometry by intensity correlation R. CoissonP.V. HôiV.D. Thinh Rapid communication Pages: 905 - 907
First Z-scan n2 measurements on crystal hosts for ultraviolet laser systems G. TociM. VanniniE. Giorgetti Rapid communication Pages: 907 - 910
