edited by S H Lin (Arizona State University, USA & Institute of Atomic & Molecular Sciences, Taiwan), A A Villaeys (Université Louis Pasteur, France), & Y Fujimura (Tohoku University, Japan)

• Linear and Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy of Molecules in Disordered Systems (S Kinoshita & Y Kanematsu)
• Vibration Spectroscopy of Surfaces Using Nonlinear Optical Process (C Hirose)
• Quantum Theory of Laser-Driven Spontaneous Emission and Superradiance (B Fain & S H Lin)