1. Forthcoming papers

   Abstract Pages: A5 - A5

2. Photonic switches for lasers and optical processors

   Editorial Pages: 109 - 112

3. Laser-induced grating self-diffraction from a medium with induced absorption

   • C. Weber
   • U. Becker
   • C. Klingshirn

   OriginalPaper Pages: 113 - 120

4. Laser beam defocusing at 1.06 μm by carrier excitation in silicon

   • Chen Jun
   • H. -J. Eichler

   OriginalPaper Pages: 121 - 124

5. Amplification in photorefractive materials via a higher order wave

   • L. B. Au
   • L. Solymar

   OriginalPaper Pages: 125 - 128

6. Transient effects in four-wave mixing in photorefractive Passive Phase Conjugate Mirrors

   • V. Kalinin
   • L. Solymar

   OriginalPaper Pages: 129 - 135

7. Optical bistability in fluorescein dyes

   • S. Speiser
   • F. L. Chisena

   OriginalPaper Pages: 137 - 144

8. Photophysical and photochemical switches based on twisted intramolecular charge transfer (TICT) states

   • W. Rettig

   OriginalPaper Pages: 145 - 149

9. Thermo-optical SEED devices: External control of nonlinearity, bistability and switching behaviour

   • F. Forsmann
   • D. Jäger

   OriginalPaper Pages: 151 - 155

10. Switching dynamics of optical bistable devices

    • A. Daunois
    • J. Y. Bigot

    OriginalPaper Pages: 157 - 162

11. Photonic switching in GaAlAs optical strip waveguides by photo-induced electroabsorption

    • H. Fouckhardt
    • K. J. Ebeling

    OriginalPaper Pages: 163 - 169

12. Semiconductor-laser amplifier as an optically controlled switch

    • G. Großkopf
    • R. Ludwig
    • S. B. Zhang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 171 - 174

13. Ordered structures and statistical properties of ion clouds stored in a Paul trap

    • R. Casdorff
    • R. Blatt

    Contributed Papers Pages: 175 - 182

14. Determination of temperature and concentration of molecular nitrogen, oxygen and methane with coherent anti-stokes raman scattering

    • T. Dreier
    • B. Lange
    • M. Zahn

    Contributed Papers Pages: 183 - 190

15. A mirror with an intensity-dependent reflection coefficient

    • K. A. Stankov

    Contributed Papers Pages: 191 - 195

16. A cadmium photoionization laser pumped by laser induced plasma radiation from a multi foci device

    • M. Hube
    • R. Brinkmann
    • B. Wellegehausen

    Contributed Papers Pages: 197 - 201