1. Fibre optical communications within the United Kingdom

   • M. M. Ramsay

   Review Papers Pages: 261 - 274

2. Activities in fibre-optical communications in Germany

   • S. Maslowski

   Review Papers Pages: 275 - 284

3. Preparation of low loss glasses for optical fibre communication systems

   • B. Scott
   • H. Rawson

   Glasses and Fibres Pages: 285 - 288

4. Absorption losses in glasses and glass fibre waveguides

   • G. R. Newns
   • P. Pantelis
   • R. Worthington

   Glasses and Fibres Pages: 289 - 296

5. The preparation of multimode glass- and liquid-core optical fibres

   • D. N. Payne
   • W. A. Gambling

   Glasses and Fibres Pages: 297 - 307

6. Focusing diffused waveguides

   • J. Nishizawa
   • A. Otsuka

   Glasses and Fibres Pages: 309 - 321

7. An improved technique for the measurement of low optical absorption losses in bulk glass

   • K. I. White
   • J. E. Midwinter

   Glasses and Fibres Pages: 323 - 334

8. Transmission measurements in optical glass with an improved twin-beam spectrophotometer

   • J. P. Dakin
   • W. A. Gambling

   Glasses and Fibres Pages: 335 - 344

9. Fibre delay equalization by carrier drift in the detector

   • D. Gloge

   Detectors Pages: 345 - 350

10. Optical detection using photodiodes

    • G. H. S. Rokos

    Detectors Pages: 351 - 366

11. Conference announcements

    Announcement Pages: 367 - 368

12. Announcement

    Announcement Pages: ii - ii