1. Temporal compression of Nd: YAG pulses using chirp compensation

   • P. M. W. French
   • A. S. L. Gomes
   • J. R. Taylor

   Letters Pages: 171 - 174

2. A novel InGaAs PIN photodiode on semi-insulating InP

   • C. Fan
   • P. K. L. Yu
   • S. C. Lin

   Letter Pages: 174 - 177

3. Stimulated emission in thallium iodide vapour pumped with an ArF flashlamp

   • M. Dätwyler
   • W. Lüthy
   • H. P. Weber

   OriginalPaper Pages: 179 - 182

4. Measurement and display of semiconductor pulsed-laser characteristics on a TV screen

   • K. Holejko
   • R. Nowak

   OriginalPaper Pages: 183 - 188

5. Performance of fractional tap-spacing equalizers for long-haul high-capacity digital fibre-optic communication systems

   • F. Casadevall
   • J. Pastor

   OriginalPaper Pages: 189 - 201

6. Analysis and optimization of integrated-optic travelling-wave modulators using periodic and non-periodic phase reversals

   • D. Erasme
   • M. G. F. Wilson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 203 - 211

7. Coupled wave analysis for a reflection dephased mixed hologram grating

   • E. Guibelalde
   • M. L. Calvo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 213 - 217

8. Light propagation in a planar dielectric slab waveguide with step discontinuities

   • W. Biehlig
   • K. Hehl
   • F. Lederer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 219 - 228

9. Light propagation in a planar dielectric slab waveguide with step discontinuities

   • W. Biehlig

   OriginalPaper Pages: 229 - 238

10. Light propagation in a planar dielectric slab waveguide with step discontinuities

    • W. Biehlig
    • Ch. Wächter

    OriginalPaper Pages: 239 - 246

11. Book reviews

    • Alan Miller
    • W. T. Welford

    BookReview Pages: 247 - 248