1. Semiconductor amplifiers and lasers with tapered gain regions

   • J. N. Walpole

   Tutorial Review Pages: 623 - 645

2. The characteristic junction parameter of a semiconductor laser and its relation with reliability

   • Shi Jiawei
   • Jin Enshun
   • Gao Dingsan

   Paper Pages: 647 - 651

3. Application of the coherent photon seeding technique to synchronously pumped and hybridly mode-locked dye lasers

   • N. I. Michailov
   • M. Chamel

   Paper Pages: 653 - 667

4. Modelling and experimental measurements of the switching behaviour of semiconductor optical amplifiers

   • H. Soto
   • D. Erasme

   Paper Pages: 669 - 682

5. Concept and numerical investigation of an ultrafast high-contrast high-power KrF laser system

   • J. Badziak
   • S. Jablonski

   Paper Pages: 683 - 694

6. Extraction efficiency and thermal lensing in Tm: YAG lasers

   • P. Peterson
   • M. P. Sharma
   • A. Gavrielides

   Paper Pages: 695 - 707

7. Nonlinear transmission in fibres at 308 nm

   • M. R. Perrone
   • D. Catino

   Paper Pages: 709 - 718

8. Sensitivity degradation due to fibre dispersion-induced PM-AM noise in optically preamplified direct detection systems

   • F. N. Farokhrooz
   • J. P. Raina

   Paper Pages: 719 - 723

9. Book reviews

   • D. J. Edwards
   • A. M. Street

   BookReview Pages: 725 - 727