Dynamics of the hydrodynamical growth of columns on silicon exposed to ArF excimer-laser irradiation

Received: 6 January 1997/Accepted: 8 July 1997     

Laser ablation from Lithium niobate

Received: 21 May 1997/Accepted: 4 July 1997     

Generation of submicron surface gratings on LiNbO3 by ultrashort UV laser pulses

3 by short ultraviolet laser pulses (0.5 ps, 248 nm) is presented. Gratings with a period of 360 nm and a modulation depth of 80 nm are fabricated on the sample surface by single-laser-shot exposure. The structures are projection imaged by a Schwarzschild objective in air. The modulation depth can be varied by applying multiple-pulse exposure. Received: 18 July 1997/Accepted: 5 August 1997     

Real-time volumetric growth rate measurements and feedback control of three-dimensional laser chemical vapor deposition

Received: 4 June 1997/Accepted: 12 June 1997     

Neurons from rat brain coupled to transistors

Received: 2 June 1997/Accepted: 3 June 1997     

Studies of magnetic properties of small particles by electron holography

Received: 6 June 1997/Accepted: 12 June 1997     

Heating of opaque surfaces by picosecond laser pulses

Received: 5 June 1997/Accepted: 13 June 1997     

Fluorescence interference-contrast microscopy of cell adhesion on oxidized silicon

Received: 26 June 1997/Accepted: 30 June 1997     

Holographic recording in ultrathin amorphous selenium films: recording mechanism and apparent erasability

Received: 11 June 1997/Accepted: 12 June 1997     

Field enhancement of optical radiation in the nearfield of scanning probe microscope tips

Received: 8 April 1997/Accepted: 23 June 1997     

Ion photodesorption from argon multilayers

Received: 16 June 1997/Accepted: 26 October 1997     

Influence of oxidation on optical diffuse reflectance spectra in nanoscale silicon powder

Received: 5 June 1997/Accepted: 30 July 1997     

Optical anisotropy in nonspherical quantum dots

Received: 10 April 1997/Accepted: 12 June 1997     

Efficient all-solid-state tunable source based on a passively Q-switched high-power Nd:YAG laser

Received: 27 May 1997/Revised version: 20 June 1997     

Laser-induced fluorescence of seeded nitric oxide as a flame thermometer

Received: 10 June 1997/Revised version: 25 November 1997     

Photoinduced changes of mechanical stress in amorphous Ge-As-S(Se) film/Si substrate systems

Received: 16 April 1997/Accepted: 23 June 1997     

Mechanisms of absorption in pulsed excimer laser-induced plasma

2 . Received: 20 January 1997/Accepted: 23 June 1997     

Tuning characteristics of a cw dual-cavity KTP optical parametric oscillator

Received: 21 April 1997/Revised version: 15 June 1997     

On the two-wave mixing in BaTiO3 with a self-bent pump beam

Received: 25 February 1997/Revised version: 20 June 1997     

Diode-pumped thin-disk Yb:YAG regenerative amplifier

Received: 18 June 1997