1. Ultrahigh-efficiency TEM₀₀ diode-side-pumped Nd:YVO₄ laser

   • A. Minassian
   • B. Thompson
   • M.J. Damzen

   Pages: 341 - 343

2. High-efficiency optical compression of Ti:sapphire laser pulses at 800 nm using a silver-coated hollow fiber

   • M. Mohebbi
   • R. Fedosejevs

   Pages: 345 - 350

3. High-peak-power diode-pumped passively Q-switched Nd:YVO₄ laser

   • A. Agnesi
   • S. Dell’Acqua

   Pages: 351 - 354

4. Intracavity optical parametric oscillator at 1572-nm wavelength pumped by passively Q-switched diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser

   • W. Zendzian
   • J.K. Jabczyński
   • J. Kwiatkowski

   Pages: 355 - 358

5. Noise as reliability screening for semiconductor lasers

   • H. Guijun
   • S. Jiawei
   • L. Jing

   Pages: 359 - 363

6. Efficient and highly photostable solid-state dye lasers based on modified dipyrromethene.BF₂ complexes incorporated into solid matrices of poly(methyl methacrylate)

   • A. Costela
   • I. García-Moreno
   • R. Sastre

   Pages: 365 - 369

7. Emission of laser pulses due to transitions from metastable to metastable levels in strontium vapor

   • B.-L. Pan
   • G. Chen
   • Z.-X. Yao

   Pages: 371 - 374

8. The laser pulse from a rf waveguide CO₂ laser

   • E.F. Pliński
   • J.S. Witkowski
   • K.M. Abramski

   Pages: 375 - 382

9. Utilizing nonlinear optical pattern formation for a simple image-processing task

   • R. Neubecker
   • A. Zimmermann
   • O. Jakoby

   Pages: 383 - 392

10. Poling dynamics of lithium niobate crystals

    • M.C. Wengler
    • M. Müller
    • K. Buse

    Pages: 393 - 396

11. Saturation effect in azobenzene polymers used for polarization holography

    • P. Várhegyi
    • Á. Kerekes
    • E. Lőrincz

    Pages: 397 - 402

12. Electrooptic properties of lithium niobate crystals for extremely high external electric fields

    • M. Luennemann
    • U. Hartwig
    • K. Buse

    Pages: 403 - 406

13. Study of beam-fanning hysteresis in photo- refractive SBN:Ce: light-induced and primary scattering as functions of polar structure

    • M.Y. Goulkov
    • T. Granzow
    • R. Pankrath

    Pages: 407 - 416

14. Anisotropy of the dielectric permittivity of Sn₂P₂S₆ measured with light-induced grating techniques

    • A. Shumelyuk
    • D. Barilov
    • E. Krätzig

    Pages: 417 - 421

15. Germania/ormosil hybrid materials derived at low temperature for photonic applications

    • W.X. Que
    • X. Hu
    • Q.Y. Zhang

    Pages: 423 - 427

16. Nanocrystal-size-sensitive third-harmonic generation in nanostructured silicon

    • L.A. Golovan
    • L.P. Kuznetsova
    • P.K. Kashkarov

    Pages: 429 - 433

17. Third-order nonlinear optical response of Au-core CdS-shell composite nanoparticles embedded in BaTiO₃ thin films

    • Y. Liu
    • D. Li
    • J.L. Shi

    Pages: 435 - 439

18. Quantitative analysis of dilute mixtures of SO₂ in N₂ at 7.4 μm by difference frequency spectroscopy

    • J. Henningsen
    • J. Hald

    Pages: 441 - 449

19. Measurement of free SO₂ in wine with 7.4-μm difference frequency spectrometer

    • J. Henningsen

    Pages: 451 - 456

20. Fluorescence lidar imaging of the cathedral and baptistery of Parma

    • D. Lognoli
    • G. Cecchi
    • S. Svanberg

    Pages: 457 - 465

21. Femtosecond pulse shaping in the mid infrared by difference-frequency mixing

    • T. Witte
    • K.L. Kompa
    • M. Motzkus

    Rapid communication Pages: 467 - 471

22. Power-boosted difference-frequency source for high-resolution infrared spectroscopy

    • S. Borri
    • P. Cancio
    • F. Tamassia

    Rapid communication Pages: 473 - 477

23. Photolytic interference affecting two-photon laser-induced fluorescence detection of atomic oxygen in hydrocarbon flames

    • T.B. Settersten
    • A. Dreizler
    • R.L. Farrow

    Rapid communication Pages: 479 - 482