Optical properties and highly efficient laser oscillation of Nd:YAG ceramics J. LuM. PrabhuT. Yanagitani Pages: 469 - 473
Broad-area diode-laser system for a rubidium Bose-Einstein condensation experiment I. ShvarchuckK. DieckmannJ.T.M. Walraven Pages: 475 - 480
Diode laser spectroscopy using two modes of an InAsSb/InAsSbP laser near 3.6 μm S. CivišA.N. ImenkovA.D. Walters Pages: 481 - 485
Temporal probing of an ultrafast plasma shutter driven by a KrF femtosecond laser system K. MichelmannA. GlaßG. Szabó Pages: 487 - 490
Strong amplified spontaneous emission and lasing from a narrow-gap RF-excited Ar-He-Xe gas mixture S.A. StarostinI.V. KochetovA.P. Napartovich Pages: 491 - 494
The stability of the active medium of RF-exited CO2 lasers with gold as catalyst V.M. CherezovM.Z. NovgorodovW.J. Witteman Pages: 503 - 507
Back-side-coated chirped mirrors with ultra-smooth broadband dispersion characteristics N. MatuschekL. GallmannU. Keller Pages: 509 - 522
Temperature distribution and thermal-induced defects in photorefractive barium titanate crystals illuminated with intense cw or pulsed laser irradiations P. MatheyS. LatourB. Salce Pages: 523 - 531
Experimental determination of the electro-optic coefficients in Ba0.77Ca0.23TiO3 V. MatusevichA. KiesslingR. Kowarschik Pages: 533 - 537
Erasure effect of the reading beam on the decay process of χ(2) in all-optical poling X. LiuG. XuY. Shen Pages: 539 - 543
Langmuir–Blodgett films and optical second-harmonic generation of a crowned [60]fulleropyrrolidine Z. GuoY. LiP. Ye Pages: 545 - 548
Atom guiding along Laguerre-Gaussian and Bessel light beams J. ArltT. HitomiK. Dholakia Pages: 549 - 554
Vortex creation in Bose–Einstein condensates by laser-beam vortex guiding Supplementary material available at http://link.springer.de/journals/apb K. Staliunas Pages: 555 - 559
Temperature-tunable sapphire windows for reflection loss-free operation of vapor cells E. JahierJ. GuénaM.A. Bouchiat Pages: 561 - 565
Remote sensing of the atmosphere using ultrashort laser pulses P. RairouxH. SchillingerC. Ziener Pages: 573 - 580
Intense femtosecond laser-induced second-harmonic generation in atmospheric-pressure air Y.-D. QinH. YangQ. Gong Pages: 581 - 584
Measurement of gas jet flow velocities using laser-induced electrostrictive gratings D.N. KozlovB. HemmerlingA. Stampanoni-Panariello Pages: 585 - 591
Dependence of the lidar signal depolarization on the receiver’s field of view in the sounding of fog and clouds B. TatarovT. TrifonovI. Kolev Pages: 593 - 600
Non-volatile analysis in fruits by laser resonant ionization spectrometry: application to resveratrol (3,5,4′-trihydroxystilbene) in grapes C. MonteroJ.M. OreaA. González Ureña Pages: 601 - 605
Focussing of laser beams by means of a z-pinch formed plasma guiding system C. FauserH. Langhoff Rapid communication Pages: 607 - 609
Droplet velocity and acceleration measurements in dense sprays by laser flow tagging S. KrügerG. Grünefeld Rapid communication Pages: 611 - 615