1. Forthcoming papers

   Announcement Pages: A5 - A5

2. The refractivity of CO₂ gas in the region of 10 μm

   • H. Matsumoto

   Contributed Papers Pages: 147 - 149

3. Relations between theT ₀ values of bulk and quantum-well GaAs

   • A. Haug

   Contributed Papers Pages: 151 - 153

4. Light-induced refractive index changes in LiNbO₃:Ti waveguides

   • V. Gericke
   • P. Hertel
   • R. Sommerfeldt

   Contributed Papers Pages: 155 - 162

5. Laser isotope separation of titanium by two-step photoionization

   • Y. Maruyama
   • Y. Suzuki
   • K. Shiba

   Contributed Papers Pages: 163 - 166

6. Roughness and correlation-length determination of rough-surface objects using the speckle contrast

   • H. Kadono
   • T. Asakura
   • N. Takai

   Contributed Papers Pages: 167 - 173

7. LIF diagnostics of C₂ radical behaviour in a laser CVD environment

   • T. Okada
   • T. Nishigoori
   • M. Maeda

   Contributed Papers Pages: 175 - 179

8. Polarization bistability with a mirrorless hybrid device

   • G. D. Zartov
   • K. P. Panajotov
   • R. A. Pejeva

   Contributed Papers Pages: 181 - 184

9. Characterization of polymer strip waveguides by leaky-mode spectroscopy

   • W. Heuer
   • H. Franke

   Contributed Papers Pages: 185 - 188

10. Angle-tuned second-harmonic generation in LiIO₃ with low losses due to index matching

    • D. Böhm
    • F. v. Moers
    • A. Hese

    Contributed Papers Pages: 189 - 192

11. Refractive indices and thermo-optical properties of dye laser solvents

    • M. E. Lusty
    • M. H. Dunn

    Contributed Papers Pages: 193 - 198