1. Ultra-short efficient laser-driven hard X-ray source operated at a kHz repetition rate

   • N. Zhavoronkov
   • Y. Gritsai
   • T. Elsaesser

   Rapid communication 29 September 2004 Pages: 663 - 667

2. Systematic optimization of the extreme ultraviolet yield from a quasi-mass-limited water-jet target

   • C. Rajyaguru
   • T. Higashiguchi
   • S. Kubodera

   Rapid communication 29 September 2004 Pages: 669 - 672

3. Generation of intense, carrier-envelope phase-locked few-cycle laser pulses through filamentation

   • C.P. Hauri
   • W. Kornelis
   • U. Keller

   Rapid communication 08 September 2004 Pages: 673 - 677

4. Focusing ground-state atoms with an electrostatic field

   • M. Morinaga

   OriginalPaper 25 August 2004 Pages: 679 - 682

5. Practical issues in ultra-short-pulse measurements with ‘GRENOUILLE’

   • P. O’Shea
   • S. Akturk
   • R. Trebino

   OriginalPaper 29 September 2004 Pages: 683 - 691

6. Progress in chirped pulse optical parametric amplifiers

   • R. Butkus
   • R. Danielius
   • A. Stabinis

   OriginalPaper 15 September 2004 Pages: 693 - 700

7. Resonance-enhanced two-photon sum-frequency generation in NiO and KNiF₃

   • Takuya Satoh
   • Thomas Lottermoser
   • Manfred Fiebig

   OriginalPaper 15 September 2004 Pages: 701 - 706

8. Numerical simulations of pulsed and quasi-cw regimes of synchronously pumped Raman oscillators

   • P. Straka
   • W. Rudolph

   OriginalPaper 08 September 2004 Pages: 707 - 712

9. Analysis of laser-diode end-pumped intracavity frequency-doubled, passively Q-switched and mode-locked Nd:YVO₄ laser

   • P.K. Mukhopadhyay
   • M.B. Alsous
   • T.P.S. Nathan

   OriginalPaper 08 September 2004 Pages: 713 - 720

10. Thermo-optically driven adaptive mirror for laser applications

    • D. Michel
    • T. Graf
    • H.P. Weber

    OriginalPaper 25 August 2004 Pages: 721 - 724

11. Far-infrared cw difference-frequency generation using vertically integrated and planar low temperature grown GaAs photomixers: application to H₂S rotational spectrum up to 3 THz

    • G. Mouret
    • S. Matton
    • D. Lippens

    OriginalPaper 08 September 2004 Pages: 725 - 729

12. Effective medium approach for calculations of optical anisotropy in porous materials

    • V. Kochergin
    • M. Christophersen
    • H. Föll

    OriginalPaper 22 July 2004 Pages: 731 - 739

13. Theory of two-photon photothermal deflection spectroscopy in stationary and flowing media for arbitrary optical pulse length

    • Z. Alahmed
    • R. Gupta

    OriginalPaper 25 August 2004 Pages: 741 - 749

14. Excited-state absorption in oxidized cytochrome c solution

    • N.M. Barbosa Neto
    • A.A. Andrade
    • C.R. Mendonça

    OriginalPaper 29 September 2004 Pages: 751 - 754

15. A novel optical limiting coordination polymer with ladder-like framework

    • Y. Gao
    • J. Zhou
    • Y. Song

    OriginalPaper 08 September 2004 Pages: 755 - 757

16. Method for absolute OH-concentration measurements in premixed flames by LIF and numerical simulations

    • R. Schiessl
    • U. Maas
    • C. Schulz

    OriginalPaper 29 July 2004 Pages: 759 - 766

17. High-resolution degenerate four-wave-mixing spectroscopy of OH in a flame with a novel single-mode tunable laser

    • K. Bultitude
    • R. Stevens
    • P. Ewart

    OriginalPaper 29 September 2004 Pages: 767 - 773

18. Simultaneous measurement of atmospheric temperature, humidity, and aerosol extinction and backscatter coefficients by a combined vibrational–pure-rotational Raman lidar

    • I. Balin
    • I. Serikov
    • H. van den Bergh

    OriginalPaper 08 September 2004 Pages: 775 - 782

19. Heterodyne-detected electrostrictive laser-induced gratings for gas-flow diagnostics

    • M. Neracher
    • W. Hubschmid

    OriginalPaper 15 September 2004 Pages: 783 - 791

20. Optothermal transient emission radiometry for studying the changes in epidermal hydration induced during ripening of tomato fruit mutants

    • X. Guo
    • D. Bicanic
    • J. Harbinson

    OriginalPaper 25 August 2004 Pages: 793 - 797