1. Optical fibre amplifiers: physical model and design issues

   • M. Artiglia
   • P. Di Vita
   • M. Potenza

   Tutorial Review Pages: 585 - 608

2. Second-harmonic generation at periodic second-order susceptibility gratings with self-phase and cross-phase modulation

   • J. Petráček
   • P. Chmela

   Papers Pages: 609 - 627

3. Measurement of beam quality degradation due to spherical aberration in a simple lens

   • Joseph A. Ruff
   • A. E. Siegman

   Papers Pages: 629 - 632

4. Influence of thermal fluctuation noise on two-wave mixing in saturable absorbers

   • M. S. Wartak
   • S. A. Boothroyd
   • J. W. Y. Lit

   Papers Pages: 633 - 640

5. Exact transcendental equation for scalar modes of rectangular dielectric waveguides

   • C. J. Smartt
   • T. M. Benson
   • P. C. Kendall

   Letter Pages: 641 - 644

6. Optical document security

   • David Ezra

   Book Review Pages: 645 - 646