Welcoming address by the Chinese Institute of Electronics (CIE) Huang Hung-Chia Report Pages: 175 - 176
Some thoughts on the education of optical waveguide engineers W. A. Gambling Special-Issue Papers Pages: 191 - 195
Topics on educational approach to optical waveguide theory Gerhard K. Grau Special-Issue Papers Pages: 197 - 202
Leaky-wave modes and their role in the numerical evaluation of the field excited by a line source in a non-symmetric, inhomogeneously layered, slab waveguide H. BlokJ. M. van SplunterH. G. Janssen Special-Issue Papers Pages: 223 - 236
Waves with random coupling and random propagation constants Harrison E. Rowe Special-Issue Papers Pages: 237 - 255
New physical effects on periodically grooved optical planar waveguides A. A. OlinerS. T. Peng Special-Issue Papers Pages: 271 - 274
Integrated parametric oscillators with semiconductor laser pumps D. B. Ostrowsky Special-Issue Papers Pages: 275 - 276
Further developments in modal noise statistics as applied to fibre transmission systems R. E. EpworthP. R. CouchJ. M. T. Rowe Special-Issue Papers Pages: 281 - 287
Noise analysis of refractive index profile measurements of an optical fibre and preform by deflection function techniques P. L. ChuT. WhitbreadP. Y. P. Chen Special-Issue Papers Pages: 289 - 300
Phase-locked InGaAsP laser array with diffraction coupling T. R. ChenK. L. YuA. Yariv Special-Issue Papers Pages: 301 - 303
Mode conversion analysis in a single-mode planar taper optical waveguide M. BélangerG. L. Yip Special-Issue Papers Pages: 305 - 314
Curvature-induced oscillations of the loss of leaky modes in optical fibers: a ray analysis C. Vassallo Special-Issue Papers Pages: 315 - 324
The application of near field scanning to single mode fibre profiling D. H. Irving Special-Issue Papers Pages: 325 - 332
Nonlinear wave propagation in optical fibres A. D. BoardmanG. S. Cooper Special-Issue Papers Pages: 333 - 343
TE modes of a layered nonlinear optical waveguide A. D. BoardmanP. EganA. Shivarova Special-Issue Papers Pages: 345 - 353
Remarks on the intrinsic properties of guided-wave light Fang Jun-xin Special-Issue Papers Pages: 355 - 357
Beam propagation in the paraxial approximation R. CastilloA. K. GhatakH. Hora Special-Issue Papers Pages: 359 - 363
Panel session on single-polarization single-mode (SPSM) optical fibers — a sketch report Allan W. Snyder Panel Session Reports Pages: 365 - 367
Panel session on education in optical waveguide sciences Huang Hung-chia Panel Session Reports Pages: 369 - 380