1. New functions for optical telecommunications

   • Pierre-Noël Favennec

   EditorialNotes Pages: 542 - 542

2. Progress in silica optical fibre photosensitivity

   • Marc Douay
   • Wen Xiang XIé
   • Eric Delevaque

   OriginalPaper Pages: 543 - 556

3. Mlcrolasers based on silica microspheres

   • François Treussart
   • Nicolas Dubreuil
   • Serge Haroche

   OriginalPaper Pages: 557 - 568

4. Picosecond photonics

   • Alain BarthéLémy
   • Bernard Colombeau
   • Michel vampouille

   OriginalPaper Pages: 569 - 574

5. Polarization control in a vertical cavity surface emitting laser submitted to optical feedback

   • Frank Robert
   • Pascal Besnard
   • Guy Stephan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 575 - 587

6. Polarization switching of an er :yb :cr: phosphate glass microchip laser

   • Alain Chardon
   • François Sanchez
   • Guy M. Stephan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 588 - 593

7. Applications of near-field optics to the characterization of optoelectronics components

   • Laurent Salomon
   • Frédérique de Fornel

   OriginalPaper Pages: 594 - 612

8. A new type of spatial light modulator at 1.3 µm on silicon-on-insulator substrate

   • Alain Koster
   • Daniel Pascal
   • Abdelhalim Layadi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 613 - 626

9. Picosecond photodiffraction in semiconductor multiquantum wells and microcavities

   • Jean-Louis Iehl
   • Rodolphe Grac
   • Jacques-Henry Collet

   OriginalPaper Pages: 627 - 637

10. Microoptical elements for single mode fibre arrays free-space interconnections

    • Yves Defosse
    • Jean-Louis de Bougrenet De La Tocnaye
    • Raymond Chevallier

    OriginalPaper Pages: 638 - 651

11. A suite of definitions for consistency criteria in distributed shared memories

    • Michel Raynal
    • André Schiper

    OriginalPaper Pages: 652 - 661