1. Forthcoming Papers

   Announcement Pages: A5 - A6

2. Optical nonlinearity of CdS

   • I. Broser
   • J. Gutowski

   Photonic Switches for Lasers and Optical Processors II Pages: 1 - 17

3. Exciton-related optical nonlinearities in semiconductors and semiconductor microcrystallites

   • F. Henneberger
   • U. Woggon
   • Ch. Spiegelberg

   Photonic Switches for Lasers and Optical Processors II Pages: 19 - 25

4. All-optical modulation at 1.3 μm wavelength in the inGaAsP/InP system

   • W. Kowalsky

   Photonic Switches for Lasers and Optical Processors II Pages: 27 - 33

5. Optical switching of semiconductor laser amplifiers

   • W. F. Sharfin
   • M. Dagenais

   Photonic Switches for Lasers and Optical Processors II Pages: 35 - 41

6. Passive Q-switching and mode-locking for the generation of nanosecond to femtosecond pulses

   • A. Penzkofer

   Photonic Switches for Lasers and Optical Processors II Pages: 43 - 60

7. Room-temperature single-wavelength optical latching circuits using GaAs bistable devices as logic gates

   • R. Jin
   • C. Hanson
   • S. W. Koch

   Photonic Switches for Lasers and Optical Processors II Pages: 61 - 67

8. Gain-switched semiconductor laser amplifier as an ultrafast dynamical optical gate

   • E. Schöll
   • K. Ketterer
   • D. Bimberg

   Photonic Switches for Lasers and Optical Processors II Pages: 69 - 77

9. Relative time parameters of optogalvanic responses

   • N. Yackerson

   Photonic Switches for Lasers and Optical Processors II Pages: 79 - 86

10. Progress towards an optical frequency standard based on ion traps

    • R. C. Thompson
    • G. P. Barwood
    • P. Gill

    Contributed Papers Pages: 87 - 93

11. Vibrational relaxation of KrF^* and XeCl^* by rare gases

    • A. Kvaran
    • M. J. Shaw
    • J. P. Simons

    Contributed Papers Pages: 95 - 102

12. Subnanosecond pulse measurements of 10.6 μm radiation with tellurium

    • E. H. Haselhoff
    • R. J. M. Bonnie
    • W. J. Witteman

    Contributed Papers Pages: 103 - 109