1. Call for papers

   Announcement Pages: A5 - A5

2. Forthcoming papers

   Announcement Pages: A5 - A5

3. Editorial

   • Ferenc Krausz
   • Ernst Wintner

   Ultrashort-Pulse Generation Pages: 157 - 157

4. Principles of passive mode locking

   • E. P. Ippen

   Ultrashort-Pulse Generation Pages: 159 - 170

5. Broadly tunable femtosecond solid-state laser sources

   • W. Sibbett
   • R. S. Grant
   • D. E. Spence

   Ultrashort-Pulse Generation Pages: 171 - 181

6. Femtosecond hybrid mode-locked semiconductor laser and amplifier dynamics

   • P. J. Delfyett
   • A. Dienes
   • Y. H. Chang

   Ultrashort-Pulse Generation Pages: 183 - 195

7. Ultrashort-pulse sources based on single-mode rare-earth-doped fibers

   • M. E. Fermann

   Ultrashort-Pulse Generation Pages: 197 - 209

8. High-brightness ultraviolet excimer lasers

   • S. Szatmári

   Ultrashort-Pulse Generation Pages: 211 - 223

9. Dispersion measurements for femtosecond-pulse generation and applications

   • W. H. Knox

   Ultrashort-Pulse Generation Pages: 225 - 235

10. Frequency conversion of ultrashort pulses

    • G. Szabó
    • Zs. Bor

    Ultrashort-Pulse Generation Pages: 237 - 241

11. Optical parametric processes and broadly tunable femtosecond sources

    • C. L. Tang
    • P. E. Powers
    • R. J. Ellingson

    Ultrashort-Pulse Generation Pages: 243 - 248

12. Terahertz electromagnetic radiation from quantum wells

    • M. C. Nuss
    • P. C. M. Planken
    • S. L. Chuang

    Ultrashort-Pulse Generation Pages: 249 - 259

13. Ultrashort X-ray pulses

    • M. M. Murnane
    • H. C. Kapteyn
    • R. W. Falcone

    Ultrashort-Pulse Generation Pages: 261 - 266