1. Forthcoming papers

   Abstract Pages: A5 - A5

2. Digital optical computing

   • K. -H. Brenner

   Invited Paper Pages: 111 - 120

3. Electric equivalence of dispersive optical bistability

   • G. Mitterer
   • D. Schuöcker
   • E. Klement

   Contributed Papers Pages: 121 - 124

4. Optical adder for residue numbers

   • G. Mitterer
   • N. Thiemann
   • E. Klement

   Contributed Papers Pages: 125 - 130

5. Surface structure of cubic ionic crystals studied by optical second-harmonic generation

   • J. Reif
   • P. Tepper
   • A. Rosén

   Contributed Papers Pages: 131 - 138

6. 170 fs pulse generation by optical pulse compression at 308 nm

   • Q. Zhao
   • F. P. Schäfer
   • S. Szatmári

   Contributed Papers Pages: 139 - 140

7. High-pressure behaviour of an X-ray preionized discharge pumped XeCl laser

   • J. W. Gerritsen
   • G. J. Ernst

   Contributed Papers Pages: 141 - 146

8. Plume temperature in the laser ablation of polyimide films measured by infrared emission spectroscopy

   • G. Koren

   Contributed Papers Pages: 147 - 149

9. Theory of travelling-wave amplified spontaneous emission

   • J. Klebniczki
   • Zn. Bor
   • G. Szabó

   Contributed Papers Pages: 151 - 155

10. Profiles in volume phase holograms in Cp₂TiCl₂:PMMA

    • T. Lückemeyer
    • H. Franke

    Contributed Papers Pages: 157 - 164

11. Pulsed laser desorption near a jet orifice: Concentration profiles of entrained perylene vapor

    • P. Arrowsmith
    • M. S. de Vries
    • H. R. Wendt

    Contributed Papers Pages: 165 - 173

12. Effects of nonlinear mode coupling on the chaotic dynamics of multimode lasers

    • Yu. M. Ajvasjan
    • V. V. Ivanov
    • H. Scheingraber

    Contributed Papers Pages: 175 - 182

13. Self phase modulation in a femtosecond pulse amplifier with subsequent compression

    • W. Dietel
    • E. Döpel
    • F. P. Schäfer

    Contributed Papers Pages: 183 - 184

14. Analytic evaluation of high-order susceptibilities in multiwave mixing

    • V. N. Gheorghe

    Contributed Papers Pages: 185 - 190

15. Spectral structure of CuBr vapor laser lines

    • Wang Yongjiang
    • Shen Shengpen
    • Zhu Jinmin

    Contributed Papers Pages: 191 - 195

16. Quantum elecronics division of the European Physical Society

    European Physical Society Pages: 196 - 196