1. 500-Hz two-photon Ramsey fringes with a SF6 beam: towards a new frequency standard in the 30-THz spectral region

   • A. Shelkovnikov
   • Ch. Grain
   • Ch. Chardonnet

   Pages: 93 - 98

2. Optical pumping and modulation techniques with a molecular Ramsey–Bordé interferometer

   • Ch. Lisdat
   • M. Frank
   • E. Tiemann

   Pages: 99 - 104

3. A microchip-laser-pumped DFB-polymer-dye laser

   • T. Voss
   • D. Scheel
   • W. Schade

   Pages: 105 - 109

4. Fabrication of periodically poled lithium tantalate for UV generation with diode lasers

   • J.-P. Meyn
   • C. Laue
   • M.M. Fejer

   Pages: 111 - 114

5. A diode-pumped high power Q-switched and self-mode-locked Nd:YVO4 laser with a LiF:F2- saturable absorber

   • Y.F. Chen
   • S.W. Tsai
   • J. Chen

   Pages: 115 - 118

6. Generation of high-quality 10-femtosecond laser pulses with intracavity spatial and spectral control

   • J.Y. Zhou
   • C.J. Zhu
   • J. Kuhl

   Pages: 119 - 123

7. Kinetics of Er3+-doped fluorozirconate optical fiber upconversion fluorescence and laser emission under 800 nm excitation

   • F. Kaczmarek
   • Z. Stryła
   • A. Jendrzejczak

   Pages: 125 - 128

8. High harmonic generation at 1 kHz repetition rate with a pulsed valve

   • A. Flettner
   • J. Günther
   • G. Gerber

   Pages: 129 - 132

9. Frequency stabilization of a diode laser on the Cs D2 resonance line by the Zeeman effect in a vapor cell

   • N. Beverini
   • E. Maccioni
   • F. Sorrentino

   Pages: 133 - 138

10. Nonlinear optical spectroscopy of electronic transitions in hexagonal manganites

    • C. Degenhardt
    • M. Fiebig
    • R.V. Pisarev

    Pages: 139 - 144

11. Use of an open photoacoustic cell for the thermal characterisation of liquid crystals

    • N.A. George
    • C.P.G. Vallabhan
    • P. Radhakrishnan

    Pages: 145 - 149

12. Measurement of the thermal properties of liquid mixtures using a thermal wave interferometer

    • J.A.P. Lima
    • E. Marín
    • L.C.M. Miranda

    Pages: 151 - 155

13. Modifications to the lidar equation due to nonlinear propagation in air

    • G. Faye
    • J. Kasparian
    • R. Sauerbrey

    Pages: 157 - 163

14. Hydrogen CARS thermometry in a high-pressure H2–air flame. Test of H2 temperature accuracy and influence of line width by comparison with N2 CARS as reference

    • J. Hussong
    • R. Lückerath
    • D. Robert

    Pages: 165 - 172

15. Measurements and simulation of in-cylinder UV-absorption in spark ignition and Diesel engines

    • F. Hildenbrand
    • C. Schulz

    Pages: 173 - 180

16. Enhanced spectral broadening of short laser pulses in high-numerical-aperture holey fibers

    • A.B. Fedotov
    • A.M. Zheltikov
    • D. von der Linde

    Rapid communication Pages: 181 - 184

17. Nanocylinder-array structure greatly increases the soft X-ray intensity generated from femtosecond-laser-produced plasma

    • T. Nishikawa
    • H. Nakano
    • H. Masuda

    Rapid communication Pages: 185 - 188