Invited Lectures:

Diode Lasers For Combustion Sensing And Control
R. K. Hanson, S. T. Sanders, J. Wang, T. R. Furlong and D. S. Baer

Recent Advances in InP-Based Quantum Cascade Lasers and Applications
C. Gmachl, R. Paiella, H.Y. Hwang, R. Colombelli, D.L. Sivco, F. Capasso, A.Y. Cho, H.C. Liu

High Resolution Spectroscopy of Molecules and Clusters in Superfluid Helium-Four Droplets
J. Peter Toennies

Precision Lineshape Measurements Using Near-IR Diode Lasers
A.I. Nadezhdinskii, Ya. Ya. Ponurovskii, M.V. Spiridonov

Bound-to-Continuum Quantum Cascade Lasers for Chemical Sensing
J. Faist

Trace Gas Detection with Near Infrared Diode Lasers
A.I. Nadezhdniskii, A.G. Berezin, O.V. Ershov, Yu.P. Shapovalov, M.V. Spiridonov

High resolution IR-Spectroscopy of Small Carbon Clusters
Thomas Giesen

Gas Analysis Using Room Temperature Diode Lasers in the 2-2.5 Micron Range
C.Alibert, A.Vicet, D.A.Yarekha, A.Pérona, Y.Rouillard, F. Chevrier, G.Glastre, A.N.Baranov

Room Temperature Operation of GaAs Quantum Cascade Lasers
C. Sirtori

Tunable Diode Laser Spectroscopy of Molecular Ions and Ionic Complexes
Harold Linnartz, Dorinel Verdes, John P. Maier

Development on Gas Detection Systems using by InGaAsP/InP Laser Diodes in 1.6-2 µm wavelength region
Haruo Nagai

Recent Developments in Lead Salt Based Nanostructures for Infrared Lasers
Yuriy Selivanov

Diode Laser Spectroscopy of Molecular Free Radicals
Trevor J. Sears