1. Dot-in-a-dot: electronic and photonic confinement in all three dimensions

   • U. Woggon
   • R. Wannemacher
   • O. Schöps

   Invited paper 23 September 2003 Pages: 469 - 484

2. Fabrication of high-aspect-ratio sub-diffraction-limit microstructures by two-photon-absorption photopolymerization

   • E.-Y. Pan
   • N.-W. Pu
   • H.-F. Yau

   Regular Paper 23 September 2003 Pages: 485 - 488

3. High-power diode-cladding-pumped Tm³⁺, Ho³⁺-doped silica fibre laser

   • S.D. Jackson
   • S. Mossman

   Rapid communication 23 September 2003 Pages: 489 - 491

4. Compact efficient intracavity optical parametric oscillator with a passively Q-switched Nd : YVO₄/Cr⁴⁺ : YAG laser in a hemispherical cavity

   • Y.F. Chen
   • S.W. Chen
   • S.W. Tsai

   Regular Paper 30 September 2003 Pages: 493 - 495

5. Optimization of quasi-phase-matched non-linear frequency conversion for diffusion bonding applications

   • G. Michaeli
   • A. Arie

   Regular Paper 23 September 2003 Pages: 497 - 503

6. Output optimization of a high-repetition-rate diode-pumped Q-switched intracavity optical parametric oscillator at 1.57 μm

   • Y.F. Chen
   • S.W. Chen
   • Y.P. Lan

   Regular Paper 30 September 2003 Pages: 505 - 508

7. External short-cavity diode-laser for MIR difference-frequency generation

   • A. Khorsandi
   • U. Willer
   • W. Schade

   Regular Paper 30 September 2003 Pages: 509 - 513

8. Transient gain in photonic crystals

   • X.-S. Xu
   • B.-Y. Cheng
   • D.-Z. Zhang

   Regular Paper 30 September 2003 Pages: 515 - 519

9. Absorption and emission spectroscopic characterisation of F₃ ^- colour centers in a LiF crystal

   • A. Penzkofer
   • C. Birkmann
   • T. Tsuboi

   Regular Paper 23 September 2003 Pages: 521 - 527

10. Study on Z-scan characteristics of cascaded nonlinear media

    • W.P. Zang
    • J.G. Tian
    • G.Y. Zhang

    Regular Paper 23 September 2003 Pages: 529 - 533

11. Measurement of CrO in flames by cavity ringdown spectroscopy

    • B.P. Wilcox
    • E.T.H. Chrysostom
    • I.M. Kennedy

    Regular Paper 30 September 2003 Pages: 535 - 540

12. NH₂ radical formation by ammonia pyrolysis in a temperature range of 800–1000 K

    • I. Rahinov
    • N. Ditzian
    • S. Cheskis

    Regular Paper 30 September 2003 Pages: 541 - 546