1. A proposal for a resonant opto-electronic optical logic device

   • P. Wheatley

   Letters Pages: 265 - 268

2. Experimental observation of optical bistability based on self-defocusing

   • Chang-De Xie
   • Dong-Dong Wu
   • Kun-Chi Peng

   Letter Pages: 268 - 271

3. Spectral properties of asymmetrical optical directional couplers with periodic structures

   • R. März
   • H. P. Nolting

   OriginalPaper Pages: 273 - 287

4. The Monte-Carlo model of a light-emitting diode

   • Sławomir Pufal
   • Włodzimierz Nakwaski

   OriginalPaper Pages: 289 - 292

5. Ratio of aerosol backscatter to extinction coefficients as determined from angular scattering measurements for use in atmospheric lidar applications

   • Tamio Takamura
   • Yasuhiro Sasano

   OriginalPaper Pages: 293 - 302

6. Analysis of characteristics of long-wavelength semiconductor laser diode amplifiers

   • H. Ghafoori-Shiraz

   OriginalPaper Pages: 303 - 311

7. GHz optical communication experiments using lead-salt laser diodes in the 3.5–5.5μm wavelength region

   • T. Andersson
   • S. Lundqvist

   OriginalPaper Pages: 313 - 317

8. VUV generation by eighth-order nonlinearity in Hg vapour

   • V. F. Lukinykh
   • S. A. Myslivets
   • V. V. Slabko

   OriginalPaper Pages: 319 - 322

9. Book review

   • J. E. Midwinter

   BookReview Pages: 323 - 324