1. The angular momentum of light: optical spanners and the rotational frequency shift

   • M. J. Padgett
   • L. Allen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 12

2. New stigmatic mounting of holographiccylindrical diffraction grating

   • S. Singh

   OriginalPaper Pages: 13 - 22

3. Design of quantum structure stripe lasersfor low threshold current

   • Yuheng Peng
   • Benzhong Wang
   • Shiyong Liu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 23 - 28

4. Q-switched Ti:Er:LiNbO3 waveguide laser

   • S. Balsamo
   • S. Maio
   • W. Sohler

   OriginalPaper Pages: 29 - 33

5. Tunable yellow–green laser based on second harmonic generation of LiF:F−2 in KTP

   • S. M. Giffin
   • I. T. McKINNIE
   • V. V. Ter-Mikirtychev

   OriginalPaper Pages: 35 - 41

6. Novel half space radiation mode method for buried waveguide analysis

   • A. Vukovic
   • P. Sewell
   • P. C. Kendall

   OriginalPaper Pages: 43 - 51

7. Extreme limit in linear polarisation ratio in step-index single- mode fibres with a central dip

   • A. Galtarossa
   • M. Porporati

   OriginalPaper Pages: 53 - 67

8. Noise performance of an InP/InGaAs superlattice avalanche photodiode

   • V. Rajamani
   • P. Chakrabarti

   OriginalPaper Pages: 69 - 76

9. Reconfigurable WDM add/drop multiplexer based on optical switches and fibre Bragg gratings

   • Shien-Kuei Liaw
   • Keang-Po Ho
   • Chien-Chung Lee

   OriginalPaper Pages: 77 - 83

10. The inverse TM solution for self-guided dark beams in defocusing non-Kerr media

    • J. Jasiński

    OriginalPaper Pages: 85 - 95

11. Optical Fibre Amplifiers: Materials, Devices and Applications

    OriginalPaper Pages: 97 - 98

12. Publisher's Note

    • O. Conradi
    • S. Helfert
    • R. Pregla

    OriginalPaper Pages: 99 - 105