Preface. Part A. Laser Technology. 1. Unstable resonators (W.H. Steier). 2. Waveguide gas lasers (R.L. Abrams). 3. High-power, efficient electrically-excited CO lasers (R.E. Center). 4. Excimer lasers (J.J. Ewing). 5. Chemical and gasdynamic lasers (C.J. Ultee). 6. Pulsed dye lasers (R. Wallenstein). Part B. Laser Applications . 1. Technology of bandwidth-limited ultrashort pulse generator (W.H. Lowdermilk). 2. High average power, efficient second harmonic generation (D. Hon). 3. Laser-induced chemical reactions and isotope separation (C.D. Cantrell, S.M. Freund and J.L. Lyman). 4. Pulsed holography (W. Koechner). 5. Advanced lasers for fusion (W.F. Krupke, E.V. George and R.A. Haas). 6. Continuous picosecond spectroscopy of dyes (H.E. Lessing and A. von Jena). Author index. Subject index.
