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Operation of KrF and ArF tunable excimer lasers without Cassegrain optics G. GrünefeldH. SchlüterE. W. Rothe OriginalPaper Pages: 241 - 247
Temperature and pressure dependences of the laser-induced fluorescence of gas-phase acetone and 3-pentanone F. GrossmannP. B. MonkhouseJ. Wolfrum OriginalPaper Pages: 249 - 253
Two-dimensional quenching lifetime measurement of OH:A 2 Σ +(υ′ = 1) and NO:A 2 Σ(υ′ = 0) in atmospheric-pressure flames M. TsujishitaA. Hirano OriginalPaper Pages: 255 - 262
Infrared absorption of silane, ammonia, acetylene and diborane in the range of the CO2 laser emission lines: Measurements and modelling J. FörsterTh. HagenJ. Uhlenbusch OriginalPaper Pages: 263 - 272
Sensitive density-fluctuation measurements using wavelength-modulation spectroscopy with high-order-harmonic detection A. N. DharamsiY. Lu OriginalPaper Pages: 273 - 278
Two wavelength-CARS thermometry of hydrogen W. ClaussA. A. Il'yukhinK. A. Vereschagin OriginalPaper Pages: 279 - 285
Fluorescence and attenuation properties of Er3+ -doped phosphate-glass fibers and efficient infrared-to-visible up-conversion Y. -L. LuY. -Q. LuN. -B. Ming OriginalPaper Pages: 287 - 291
Reverse saturable absorption and optical limiting in indanthrone dyes Rama ChariS. R. MishraS. M. Oak OriginalPaper Pages: 293 - 297
Degenerate four-wave mixing based on excited-state absorption in azo-dye-doped polymer films H. FeiY. YangG. Sun OriginalPaper Pages: 299 - 302
Deviation of the plane-wave approximation for optical fields in thin metallic films at various frequencies and temperatures Y. -S. HorJ. -T. Lue OriginalPaper Pages: 303 - 308
Effect of three-wave-phase development on the stimulated Raman scatttering in an electron plasma X. FengS. LeeS. Kumar OriginalPaper Pages: 309 - 311
Rescattering effect in above-threshold ionization processes D. BaoS. G. ChenJ. Liu OriginalPaper Pages: 313 - 318
Effect of the unexcited vapour region inside a heatpipe on the observation of UV diffuse bands in 337.1 nm excitation of Na2 S. ShahdinM. A. MghederA. T. Bouzed OriginalPaper Pages: 319 - 322