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ELSEVIER  Optics Communications  217 (2003) 443-449 
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Author  index  to  volume  217 
Abbas,  M., see  Naqvi,  Q.A.  217 (2003)  15 
Adam,  G., see  Ficek,  Z.  217 (2003)  299 
Ait-Ameur,  K.,  D.  Louhibi  and  T.  Kerdja,  Measurement  of the  pumping  coefficient 
dependence  upon  flashlamp  opacity in  a Nd:YAG  laser  217 (2003)  351 
Allaria,  E., see  Leyva,  I.  217 (2003)  335 
Asakawa,  Y.,  H.  Kumagai,  K.  Midorikawa  and  M.  Obara,  50%  frequency  doubling 
efficiency  of 1.2-W  cw  Ti:sapphire  laser  at 746 nm  217 (2003)  311 
Atkins,  S., see  Berger,  N.K.  217 (2003)  343 
Attygalle,  M.,  A.  Nirmalathas  and  H.F.  Liu,  All-optical  coding  of  mode-locked 
217  (20031)6 1 
semiconductor  laser pulse trains  for high bit rate  optical  communications 
217  (20032)0 5 
Azania,  J., Time-to-frequency  conversion  using a single time lens 
Bader,  U.,  T.  Mattern,  T.  Bauer,  J.  Bartschke,  M.  Rahm,  A.  Borsutzky  and  R. 
Wallenstein,  Pulsed  nanosecond  optical parametric  generator  based  on periodically 
217  (20033)7 5 
poled lithium  niobate 
217  (20033)5 7 
Badr,  T., see  Louyer,  Y. 
217  (20033)5 7 
Balembois,  F., see  Louyer,  Y. 
217  (20033)8 1 
Barille,  R., see  Rivet,  S. 
217  (20033)7 5 
Bartschke,  J., see  Bader,  U. 
217  (20032)3 9 
Bastin,  T. and  E. Solano,  Population  trapping  in the one-photon  mazer 
217  (20033)7 5 
Bauer,  T., see  Bader,  U. 
217  (20033)4 3 
Bekker,  A., see  Berger,  N.K. 
217  (20033)8 7 
Benino,  Y., see  Tamagawa,  N. 
Berger,  N.K.,  B.  Vodonos,  S.  Atkins,  V.  Smulakovsky,  A  Bekker,  B.  Fischer, 
217  (20033)4 3 
Compression  of periodic  light pulses  using all-optical  repetition  rate  multiplication 
217  (20032)2 7 
Blow,  K.J.,  see  Boscolo,  S. 
217  (20032)9 9 
Bogolubov  Jr., N.N.,  see  Ficek,  Z. 
217  (20033)7 5 
Borsutzky,  A., see  Bader,  U. 
Boscolo,  S.,  S.K.  Turitsyn  and  K.J.  Blow,  All-optical  passive  2R  regeneration  for 
217  (20032)2 7 
N x 40 Gbit/s  WDM  transmission  using NOLM  and  novel  filtering  technique 
Brenier,  A.,  A.  Majchrowski,  E.  Michalski  and  T.  Lukasiewicz,  Evaluation  of 
217  (20033)9 5 
GdCOB:Nd?**  for self-frequency  doubling in the optimum phase matching direction 
217  (20032)3 3 
Brinkmeyer,  E., see  Cierullies,  S. 
217  (20033)6 3 
Brown,  C.T.A.,  see  Lagatsky,  A.A. 
217  (2003)  7 
Cai,  Y. and  Q. Lin, Fractional  Fourier  transform  for elliptical  Gaussian  beams 
217  (20033)8 1 
Canioni,  L., see  Rivet,  S. 
217  (20031)1 1 
Cartwright,  C.M.,  see  Liang,  B. 
PII:  S0030-4018(03)01216-1
444  Author index to volume 217 
217  (2003)  31 
Cedola,  A., see  De Caro,  L. 
217  (20031)7 9 
Chan,  K.M.,  see  Liu, H. 
217  (20032)2 1 
Chen,  M., see  Zhu,  L. 
217  (20031)8 9 
Chtcherbakov,  A.A.,  see  Swart,  P.L. 
Cierullies,  S.,  H.  Renner  and  E.  Brinkmeyer,  Numerical  optimization  of  multi- 
217  (20032)3 3 
wavelength  and cascaded  Raman  fiber  lasers 
De  Caro,  L.,  C.  Giannini,  S.  Di  Fonzo,  W.  Yark,  A.  Cedola  and  S.  Lagomarsino, 
217  (2003)  31 
Spatial  coherence  of X-ray planar waveguide  exiting radiation 
217  (2003)  75 
Delage,  L., see  Longueteau,  E. 
217  (2003)  31 
Di Fonzo,  S., see  De Caro,  L. 
217  (2003)  23 
Dietler,  G., see  Shubeita,  G.T. 
217  (2003)  97 
Ding, J., M. Tang,  Z. Jin and  G. Wenqi,  Modified  binary  Gabor  zone  plates 
217  (20031)5 1 
Dirksen,  D., see  Kemper,  B. 
217  (20032)2 1 
Dong,  Y., see  Zhu,  L. 
Esteve-Taboada,  J.J.  and  J.  Garcia,  Detection  and  orientation  evaluation  for  three- 
217  (20031)2 3 
dimensional  objects 
217  (20032)1 1 
Estudillo-Ayala,  J.M.,  see  Ibarra-Escamilla,  B. 
Ficek,  Z.,  J.  Seke,  A.V.  Soldatov,  G.  Adam  and  N.N.  Bogolubov  Jr.,  Multilevel 
coherence  effects  in a two-level  atom  driven  by a trichromatic  field  217  (2003)  299 
Fischer,  B., see  Berger,  N.K.  217  (2003)  343 
Forastiere,  M.A.,  R.M.  Montereali,  A. Pace,  S. Pelli,  M.  Piccinini  and  G.C.  Righini, 
217  (20032)4 9 
Leaky modes  in lithium  fluoride  thick  films  thermally  evaporated  on  glass 
217  (20031)1 1 
Fu, G., see  Liang,  B. 
217  (20033)8 7 
Fujiwara,  T., see  Tamagawa,  N. 
Ganotra,  D.,  J. Joseph  and  K.  Singh,  Second-  and  first-order  phase-locked  loops  in 
fringe  profilometry  and  application  of  neural  networks  for  phase-to-depth 
217  (2003)  85 
conversion 
217  (20031)8 5 
Gao,  Y., see  Li, Z. 
217  (20031)2 3 
Garcia,  J., see  Esteve-Taboada,  J.J. 
217  (20033)5 7 
Georges,  P., see  Louyer,  Y. 
217  (20034)3 1 
Giammanco,  F., see  Giorgetti,  E. 
217  (2003)  31 
Giannini,  C., see  De Caro,  L. 
Giorgetti,  E.,  G.  Toci,  M.  Vannini  and  F.  Giammanco,  Multiphoton  absorption  of 
solutions  of polydiacetylene  poly DCHD-HS  measured  using ps Z-scan  at  1064  and 
217  (20034)3 1 
1500  nm 
217  (20032)5 7 
Gonzalo,  I., see  Porras,  M.A. 
Goud,  S.L.,  see  Sayanna,  K.R.  217  (2003)  59 
217  (20031)1 1 
Guo,  Q., see  Liang,  B. 
217  (20032)1 1 
Gutierrez-Zainos,  F., see  Ibarra-Escamilla,  B. 
Haus,  J.W.,  see  Ibarra-Escamilla,  B.  217  (2003)  211 
Hermann,  J.A.,  Optimisation  approach  to  modelling  nonlinear  optical  absorption  in 
217  (20034)2 1 
thick  media 
217  (20033)5 7 
Himbert,  M.E.,  see  Louyer,  Y. 
217  (2003)  69 
Huang,  X., see  Ke, X.
Author index to volume 217 
Ibarra-Escamilla,  B., E.A.  Kuzin,  F. Gutierrez-Zainos,  R.  Tellez-Garcia,  J.W.  Haus, 
R.  Rojas-Laguna  and  J.M.  Estudillo-Ayala,  Measurement  of beat  length  in short 
low-birefringence  fibers  using the fiber  optical  loop mirror  217 (2003)  211 
Imai, Y.,  H.M urakawa and T. Imoto, Chaos synchronization characteristics  in erbium- 
217  (20034)1 5 
doped fiber  laser  systems 
217  (20034)1 5 
Imoto,  T., see  Imai,  Y. 
217  (2003)  53 
Irving,  T.H.K.,  see  McMahon,  P.J. 
217  (20034)0 1 
Jian,  S., see  Tong,  Z. 
217  (2003)  97 
Jin, Z., see  Ding, J. 
217  (20031)1 7 
Joseph,  J., see  Nishchal,  N.K. 
Joseph,  J., see  Ganotra,  D.  217 (2003)  85 
217  (20031)8 9 
Joubert,  W.L.,  see  Swart,  P.L. 
217  (20033)5 7 
Juncar,  P., see  Louyer,  Y. 
217  (20031)5 1 
Kandulla,  J., see  Kemper,  B. 
Karlsson,  G.,  V.  Pasiskevicius,  F.  Laurell  and  J.A.  Tellefsen,  Q-switching  of an  Er— 
217  (20033)1 7 
Yb:glass  microchip  laser  using an  acousto-optical  modulator 
Ke, X., X. Yan, N. Srisanit,  M. Wang, J. Yang, X. Huang and S. Zhong,  Holographic 
217  (2003)  69 
storage  in carbazole-azo  binary compound  doped  polymer 
Kemper,  B., J. Kandulla,  D. Dirksen  and  G. von  Bally,  Optimization  of spatial phase 
shifting  in endoscopic  electronic  speckle pattern  interferometry  217  (20031)5 ] 
Kerdja,  T., see  Ait-Ameur,  K.  217  (20033)5 1 
Knox,  W.H.,  see  Lagatsky,  A.A.  217  (20033)6 3 
Kolevatova,  O.A.,  A.N.  Naumov  and  A.M.  Zheltikov,  Guiding  high-intensity  laser 
217  (20031)6 9 
pulses  through  hollow  fibers:  self-phase  modulation  and cross-talk  of guided modes 
217  (20033)8 7 
Komatsu,  T., see  Tamagawa,  N. 
217  (20033)2 5 
Kong,  M.G.,  see  Zhong,  X. 
217  (20033)1 1 
Kumagai,  H., see  Asakawa,  Y. 
217  (20032)8 1 
Kurt,  A., see  Reha  Ozalp, M. 
217  (20032)1 1 
Kuzin,  E.A.,  see  Ibarra-Escamilla,  B. 
Lagatsky,  A.A.,  C.G.  Leburn,  C.T.A.  Brown,  W.  Sibbett  and  W.H.  Knox,  Compact 
217  (20033)6 3 
self-starting  femtosecond  Cr**:YAG  laser  diode  pumped  by a Yb-fiber  laser 
217  (2003)  31 
Lagomarsino,  S., see  De Caro,  L. 
217  (20033)1 7 
Laurell,  F., see  Karlsson,  G. 
217  (20033)6 3 
Leburn,  C.G.,  see  Lagatsky,  A.A. 
217  (20033)3 5 
Leyva,  I., E. Allaria  and  R. Meucci,  Transient  polarization  dynamics  in a CO;  laser 
Li, Z.,  C.  Lou, Y. Gao, C. Lu and C. Tee Hiang, Novel method for pedestal suppression 
and  chirp  elimination  of high-order  compressed  solitons  by using  semiconductor 
217  (20031)8 5 
optical  amplifier  and  tunable  filter 
Liang, B., Z. Wang, Q. Guo, G. Fu and C.M.  Cartwright,  Optical switching property of 
a  Ce:KNSBN  photorefractive  volume  grating  controlled  by  the  readout  beam 
217  (20031)1 1 
polarization 
217  (2003)  7 
Lin, Q., see  Cai,  Y. 
217  (2003)  53 
Lin, J.J.A.,  see  McMahon,  P.J.
446  Author  index to volume 217 
Liu,  H.,  S.C.  Tjin,  N.Q.  Ngo,  K.B.  Tan,  K.M.  Chan,  J.H.  Ng and  C.  Lu,  A novel 
method  for creating  linearly  and nonlinearly  chirped  fiber  Bragg gratings  217  (2003)  179 
Liu, H.F.,  see  Attygalle,  M.  217  (2003)  161 
Longueteau,  E.,  L.  Delage  and  F.  Reynaud,  Validation  of photon  noise  correction 
217  (2003)  75 
using the OAST  stellar  interferometer  breadboard 
217  (20031)8 5 
Lou,  C., see  Li, Z. 
217  (20033)5 1 
Louhibi,  D., see  Ait-Ameur,  K. 
Louyer,  Y., F.  Balembois,  M.D.  Plimmer,  T.  Badr,  P. Georges,  P. Juncar  and  M.E. 
Himbert,  Efficient  cw  operation  of diode-pumped  Nd:YLF  lasers  at  1312.0  and 
217  (20033)5 7 
1322.6  nm  for a silver  atom  optical  clock 
217  (20031)7 9 
Lu, C., see  Liu, H. 
217  (20031)8 5 
Lu, C., see  Li, Z. 
217  (20033)9 5 
Lukasiewicz,  T., see  Brenier,  A., 
217  (20031)3 3 
Lukowicz,  P., see  von  Waldkirch,  M. 
Magnin,  O.  and  P.  Meyrueis,  Diffractive  beam  shaper  for  blood  cells  optical 
217  (2003)  1 
characterization 
217  (20033)9 5 
Majchrowski,  A., see  Brenier,  A. 
217  (20033)7 5 
Mattern,  T., see  Bader,  U. 
McMahon,  P.J.,  A.G.  Peele,  D.  Paterson,  J.J.A.  Lin,  T.H.K.  Irving,  I. McNulty  and 
217  (2003)  53 
K.A.  Nugent,  Quantitative  X-ray phase tomography  with  sub-micron  resolution 
217  (2003)  53 
McNulty,  I., see  McMahon,  P.J. 
217  (20033)3 5 
Meucci,  R., see  Leyva,  I. 
217 (2003)  1 
Meyrueis,  P., see  Magnin,  O. 
217  (20033)6 9 
Michael,  E.A.,  see  Wingender,  M. 
217  (20033)9 5 
Michalski,  E., see  Brenier,  A. 
217  (20033)1 1 
Midorikawa,  K., see  Asakawa,  Y. 
217  (20032)4 9 
Montereali,  R.M.,  see  Forastiere,  M.A. 
217  (20034)1 5 
Murakawa,  H., see  Imai,  Y. 
217  (20032)6 9 
Nampoori,  V.P.N.,  see  Unnikrishnan,  K.P. 
Naqvi, Q.A. and M. Abbas,  Intermediate  zones  in electromagnetism  for dielectric  half- 
217  (2003)  15 
space  geometry:  planner  observations 
217  (20031)6 9 
Naumov,  A.N.,  see  Kolevatova,  O.A. 
217  (20031)7 9 
Ng, J.H.,  see  Liu, H. 
217  (20031)7 9 
Ngo, N.Q.,  see  Liu, H. 
217  (20031)6 1 
Nirmalathas,  A., see  Attygalle,  M. 
Nishchal,  N.K.,  J. Joseph  and  K.  Singh,  Optical  phase  encryption  by phase  contrast 
using electrically  addressed  spatial  light modulator  217  (2003)  117 
Nugent,  K.A.,  see  McMahon,  P.J.  217  (2003)  53 
Obara, M., see  Asakawa,  Y.  217  (2003)  311 
Ozen,  G., see  Reha  Ozlap,  M..,  217 (2003)  281 
Pace,  A., see  Forastiere,  M.A.  217  (2003)  249 
Palomino-Ovando,  M.A.,  D.  Rios-Flores  and  F.  Ramos-Mendieta,  Transit  time  of 
electromagnetic  Gaussian  packets  traversing  metallic  slabs:  the  packet  unfolding 
effect  217 (2003)  47
Author index to volume 217  447 
217  (20033)1 7 
Pasiskevicius,  V., see  Karlsson,  G. 
217  (2003)  53 
Paterson,  D., see  McMahon,  P.J. 
217  (20032)4 9 
Pelli,  S., see  Forastiere,  M.A. 
217  (20032)4 9 
Piccinini,  M., see  Forastiere,  M.A. 
217  (20033)5 7 
Plimmer,  M.D.,  see  Louyer,  Y. 
Porras,  M.A.  and I. Gonzalo,  Control  of temporal characteristics  of Bessel-X  pulses in 
217  (20032)5 7 
dispersive  media 
Raczynski,  A.,  J.  Zaremba  and  S. Zielinska-Kaniasty,  Coherent  processing  of a light 
217  (20032)7 5 
pulse stored  in a medium  of four-level  atoms 
217  (20033)7 5 
Rahm,  M., see  Bader,  U. 
217  (2003)  47 
Ramos-Mendieta,  F., see  Palomino-Ovando,  M.A. 
Rebane,  I., Spontaneous  emission  rates  of a single impurity molecule  in a uniaxial  host 
crystal  217 (2003)  265 
Reha  Ozalp, M.,  G.  Ozen,  A.  Sennaroglu  and  A.  Kurt,  Stimulated  and  spontaneous 
emission  probabilities  of  Tm**  in  TeO  -CdCl,  glass:  the  role  of  the  local 
217  (20032)8 1 
structure 
217  (20032)3 3 
Renner,  H., see  Cierullies,  S. 
217  (2003)  75 
Reynaud,  F., see  Longueteau,  E. 
217  (20032)4 9 
Righini,  G.C.,  see  Forastiere,  M.A. 
217  (2003)  47 
Rios-Flores,  D., see  Palomino-Ovando,  M.A. 
Rivet,  S., R. Barille,  L. Canioni  and  L. Sarger,  Noninstantaneous  femtosecond  phase 
217  (20033)8 1 
shift  in second  order  cascading  process 
217  (20032)1 1 
Rojas-Laguna,  R., see  Ibarra-Escamilla,  B. 
Sagar,  D.K.,  see  Sayanna,  K.R.  217 (2003)  59 
Sandhya,  S.N.,  Interference  effects  in atomic  coherent  systems:  spectral  features  217 (2003)  291 
Sarger,  L., see  Rivet,  S.  217 (2003)  381 
Sayanna,  K.R., D.K.  Sagar and S.L. Goud, Effects of defocusing on the Sparrow limits 
217  (2003)  59 
for apodized  optical  systems 
217  (20033)6 9 
Schieder,  R., see  Wingender,  M. 
217  (2003)  23 
Sekatskii,  S.K.,  see  Shubeita,  G.T. 
217  (20032)9 9 
Seke,  J., see  Ficek,  Z. 
217  (20032)8 1 
Sennaroglu,  A., see  Reha  Ozalp, M. 
217  (20031)8 9 
Shlyagin,  M.G.,  see  Swart,  P.L. 
Shubeita,  G.T.,  S.K.  Sekatskii,  G.  Dietler,  S.  Takahashi  and  A.V.  Zayats,  Near- 
field  optical  microscopy  of  strongly  scattering  microporous  metal/polymer 
217  (2003)  23 
membranes 
217  (20033)6 3 
Sibbett,  W., see  Lagatsky,  A.A. 
217  (20031)1 7 
Singh,  K., see  Nishchal,  N.K. 
217  (2003)  85 
Singh,  K., see  Ganotra,  D. 
217  (20033)4 3 
Smulakovsky,  V., see  Berger,  N.K. 
217  (20032)3 9 
Solano,  E., see  Bastin,  T. 
217  (20032)9 9 
Soldatov,  A.V.,  see  Ficek,  Z. 
Sumriddetchkajorn,  S.,  Polarization-insensitive  tunable-contrast  fiber-optic  polariza- 
217  (20031)9 7 
tion  interferometers  with  a polarization  controller 
Sumriddetchkajorn,  S.,  Three  dimensional  mirror-based  tunable  90°  polarization 
rotator  architectures  217 (2003)  105
448  Author  index to volume 217 
Swart,  P.L.,  A.A.  Chtcherbakov,  W.L.  Joubert  and  M.G.  Shlyagin,  Study  of the 
pressure  dependence  of hydrogen  diffusion  in  optical  fiber  by an  interferometric 
technique  217 (2003)  189 
Takahashi,  S., see  Shubeita,  G.T.  217  (2003)  23 
Tamagawa, N., Y. Benino, T. Fujiwara and T. Komatsu, Thermal poling of transparent 
217  (20033)8 7 
TeO>-based  nanocrystallized  glasses  and enhanced  second  harmonic  generation 
217  (20031)7 9 
Tan,  K.B.,  see  Liu,  H. 
217  (2003)  97 
Tang,  M., see  Ding,  J. 
217  (20031)8 5 
Tee  Hiang,  C., see  Li, Z. 
217  (20033)1 7 
Tellefsen,  J.A.,  see  Karlsson,  G. 
217  (20032)1 1 
Tellez-Garcia,  R., see  Ibarra-Escamilla,  B. 
217  (20032)6 9 
Thomas,  J., see  Unnikrishnan,  K.P. 
217  (20031)7 9 
Tjin,  S.C.,  see  Liu,  H. 
217  (20034)3 1 
Toci,  G., see  Giorgetti,  E. 
Tong,  Z.,  H.  Wei  and  S.  Jian,  Theoretical  investigation  and  optimization  of 
bi-directionally  pumped  broadband  fiber  Raman  amplifiers  217  (2003)  401 
Troster,  G., see  von  Waldkirch,  M.  217  (2003)  133 
Turitsyn,  S.K.,  see  Boscolo,  S.  217  (2003)  227 
Unnikrishnan,  K.P.,  J. Thomas,  V.P.N.  Nampoori  and  C.P.G.  Vallabhan,  Nonlinear 
absorption  in  certain  metal  phthalocyanines  at  resonant  and  near  resonant 
217  (20032)6 9 
wavelengths 
217  (20032)6 9 
Vallabhan,  C.P.G.,  see  Unnikrishnan,  K.P. 
217  (20034)3 1 
Vannini,  M., see  Giorgetti,  E. 
217  (20033)4 3 
Vodonos,  B., see  Berger,  N.K. 
217  (20031)5 1 
von  Bally,  G., see  Kemper,  B. 
von  Waldkirch,  M.,  P.  Lukowicz  and  G.  Tréster,  LCD-based  coherent  wearable 
projection  display  for quasi-accommodation-free  imaging  217  (2003)  133 
Vowinkel,  B., see  Wingender,  M.  217  (2003)  369 
217  (20033)7 5 
Wallenstein,  R., see  Bader,  U. 
Wang,  Z., see  Liang,  B.  217  (20031)1 1 
217  (2003)  69 
Wang,  M., see  Ke, X. 
217  (20034)0 1 
Wei,  H., see  Tong,  Z. 
Wendi,  G., see  Ding,  J.  217  (2003)  97 
Wingender,  M.,  E.A.  Michael,  B.  Vowinkel  and  R.  Schieder,  Diode  laser  spectrum 
investigations  for terahertz  local  oscillator  applications  217 (2003)  369 
Xia, L., see  Zhu,  L.  217  (2003)  221 
Xie, S., see  Zhu,  L.  217  (2003)  221 
Yan,  X., see  Ke, X.  217  (2003)  69 
Yark,  W., see  De Caro,  L.  217  (2003)  31 
Zaremba,  J., see  Raczynski,  A.  217  (2003)  275 
Zayats,  A.V.,  see  Shubeita,  G.T.  217  (2003)  23
Author  index to volume 217  449 
217 (2003)  221 
Zhang,  Y., see  Zhu,  L. 
217 (2003)  169 
Zheltikov,  A.M.,  see  Kolevatova,  O.A. 
217 (2003)  69 
Zhong,  S., see  Ke, X. 
217 (2003)  325 
Zhong,  X. and  M.G.  Kong,  A millimetre-wave  second  harmonic  waveguide  FEL 
Zhu,  L.,  Y.  Zhang,  Y.  Dong,  M.  Chen,  L.  Xia  and  S.  Xie,  Impact  of  optical 
(de)multiplexers  on  40 Gbit/s  WDM  transmission  system  217 (2003)  221 
Zielinska-Kaniasty,  S., see  Raczynski,  A.  217 (2003)  275
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ELSEVIER  Optics Communications  217 (2003) 450-453 
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Subject  index  to  volume  217 
Propagation  and scattering 
O.  Magnin  and  P.  Meyrueis,  Diffractive  beam  shaper  for  blood  cells  optical 
characterization 
Y. Cai and  Q. Lin, Fractional  Fourier  transform  for elliptical  Gaussian  beams 
Q.A. Naqvi and M. Abbas,  Intermediate  zones  in electromagnetism  for dielectric  half- 
space  geometry:  planner  observations 
G.T.  Shubeita,  S.K.  Sekatskii,  G.  Dietler,  S. Takahashi  and  A.V.  Zayats,  Near-field 
optical  microscopy  of strongly  scattering  microporous  metal/polymer  membranes 
L.  De  Caro,  C.  Giannini,  S.  Di  Fonzo,  W.  Yark,  A.  Cedola  and  S.  Lagomarsino, 
Spatial  coherence  of X-ray planar waveguide  exiting  radiation 
M.A.  Palomino-Ovando,  D.  Rios-Flores  and  F.  Ramos-Mendieta,  Transit  time  of 
electromagnetic Gaussian packets traversing metallic slabs: the packet unfolding effect 
Optical information,  image formation  and analysis,  optical computing 
P.J.  McMahon,  A.G.  Peele,  D.  Paterson,  J.J.A.  Lin,  T.H.K.  Irving,  I. McNulty  and 
K.A.  Nugent,  Quantitative  X-ray phase tomography  with  sub-micron  resolution 
K.R.  Sayanna,  D.K.  Sagar and S.L.  Goud,  Effects  of defocusing  on the Sparrow limits 
for apodized  optical  systems 
X. Ke, X. Yan, N. Srisanit,  M. Wang,  J. Yang,  X. Huang and S. Zhong,  Holographic 
storage  in carbazole-azo  binary compound  doped  polymer 
E. Longueteau,  L. Delage and F. Reynaud, Validation  of photon noise correction  using 
the OAST  stellar  interferometer  breadboard 
D.  Ganotra,  J. Joseph  and  K.  Singh,  Second-  and  first-order  phase-locked  loops  in 
fringe  profilometry  and  application  of  neural  networks  for  phase-to-depth 
conversion 
J. Ding,  M.  Tang,  Z. Jin and  G. Wenqi,  Modified  binary Gabor  zone  plates 
S.  Sumriddetchkajorn,  Three  dimensional  mirror-based  tunable  90°  polarization 
rotator  architectures 
B. Liang, Z. Wang, Q. Guo, G. Fu and C.M.  Cartwright,  Optical switching property of 
a  Ce:KNSBN  photorefractive  volume  grating  controlled  by  the  readout  beam 
polarization 
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Subject index to volume 217 
N.K.  Nishchal,  J. Joseph  and  K.  Singh,  Optical  phase  encryption  by phase  contrast 
using electrically  addressed  spatial  light modulator 
J.J.  Esteve-Taboada  and  J. Garcia,  Detection  and  orientation  evaluation  for  three- 
dimensional  objects 
M.  von  Waldkirch,  P.  Lukowicz  and  G.  Troster,  LCD-based  coherent  wearable 
projection  display  for quasi-accommodation-free  imaging 
G.H.  Kaufmann,  Phase measurement  in temporal  speckle pattern  interferometry  using 
the Fourier  transform  method  with  and without  a temporal  carrier 
B. Kemper,  J. Kandulla,  D. Dirksen  and  G. von  Bally,  Optimization  of spatial phase 
shifting  in endoscopic  electronic  speckle pattern  interferometry 
Optical communications 
M.  Attygalle,  A.  Nirmalathas  and  H.F.  Liu,  All-optical  coding  of  mode-locked 
semiconductor  laser pulse trains  for high bit rate  optical  communications 
O.A.  Kolevatova,  A.N.  Naumov  and  A.M.  Zheltikov,  Guiding  high-intensity  laser 
pulses through  hollow  fibers:  self-phase  modulation  and cross-talk  of guided modes 
H.  Liu,  S.C.  Tjin,  N.Q.  Ngo,  K.B.  Tan,  K.M.  Chan,  J.H.  Ng and  C.  Lu,  A novel 
method  for creating  linearly  and  nonlinearly  chirped  fiber  Bragg gratings 
Z. Li, C. Lou, Y. Gao, C. Lu and C. Tee Hiang, Novel method  for pedestal suppression 
and  chirp  elimination  of high-order  compressed  solitons  by using  semiconductor 
optical  amplifier  and  tunable  filter 
P.L.  Swart,  A.A.  Chtcherbakov,  W.L.  Joubert  and  M.G.  Shlyagin,  Study  of  the 
pressure  dependence  of hydrogen  diffusion  in  optical  fiber  by an  interferometric 
technique 
S. Sumriddetchkajorn,  Polarization-insensitive  tunable-contrast  fiber-optic polarization 
interferometers  with  a polarization  controller 
J. Azania,  Time-to-frequency  conversion  using a single time  lens 
B.  Ibarra-Escamilla,  E.A.  Kuzin,  F.  Gutierrez-Zainos,  R.  Tellez-Garcia,  J.W.  Haus, 
R.  Rojas-Laguna  and  J.M.  Estudillo-Ayala,  Measurement  of beat  length  in short 
low-birefringence  fibers  using the fiber  optical  loop mirror 
L.  Zhu,  Y.  Zhang,  Y.  Dong,  M.  Chen,  L.  Xia  and  S.  Xie,  Impact  of  optical 
(de)multiplexers  on  40 Gbit/s  WDM  transmission  system 
S.  Boscolo,  S.K.  Turitsyn  and  K.J.  Blow,  All-optical  passive  2R  regeneration  for 
N x 40 Gbit/s  WDM  transmission  using NOLM  and  novel  filtering  technique 
S.  Cierullies,  H.  Renner  and  E.  Brinkmeyer,  Numerical  optimization  of  multi- 
wavelength  and  cascaded  Raman  fiber  lasers 
T. Bastin  and  E. Solano,  Population  trapping  in the one-photon  mazer 
M.A.  Forastiere,  R.M.  Montereali,  A.  Pace,  S. Pelli,  M.  Piccinini  and  G.C.  Righini, 
Leaky modes  in lithium  fluoride  thick  films  thermally  evaporated  on  glass
452  Subject index to volume 217 
M.A.  Porras  and I. Gonzalo,  Control  of temporal  characteristics  of Bessel-X  pulses in 
dispersive  media 
Atomic  and molecular physics 
I. Rebane,  Spontaneous  emission  rates  of a single impurity molecule  in a uniaxial  host 
crystal 
K.P.  Unnikrishnan,  J. Thomas,  V.P.N.  Nampoori  and  C.P.G.  Vallabhan,  Nonlinear 
absorption  in  certain  metal  phthalocyanines  at  resonant  and  near  resonant 
wavelengths 
A.  Raczynski,  J. Zaremba  and  S. Zielimska-Kaniasty,  Coherent  processing  of a  light 
pulse stored  in a medium  of four-level  atoms 
Condensed  matter 
M.  Reha  Ozalp,  G.  Ozen,  A.  Sennaroglu  and  A.  Kurt,  Stimulated  and  spontaneous 
emission  probabilities  of Tm**  in TeO>—CdCl,  glass:  the role  of the local  structure 
Quantum  optics 
S.N.  Sandhya,  Interference  effects  in atomic  coherent  systems:  spectral  features 
Z.  Ficek,  J.  Seke,  A.V.  Soldatov,  G.  Adam  and  N.N.  Bogolubov  Jr.,  Multilevel 
coherence  effects  in a two-level  atom  driven  by a trichromatic  field 
Laser physics and laser sources 
Y.  Asakawa,  H.  Kumagai,  K.  Midorikawa  and  M.  Obara,  50%  frequency  doubling 
efficiency  of 1.2-W  cw  Ti:sapphire  laser  at 746 nm 
G.  Karlsson,  V.  Pasiskevicius,  F.  Laurell  and  J.A.  Tellefsen,  Q-switching  of an  Er-— 
Yb:glass  microchip  laser  using an  acousto-optical  modulator 
X. Zhong and  M.G.  Kong,  A millimetre-wave  second  harmonic  waveguide  FEL 
I. Leyva,  E. Allaria  and  R. Meucci,  Transient  polarization  dynamics  in a CO>  laser 
N.K.  Berger,  B.  Vodonos,  S.  Atkins,  V.  Smulakovsky,  A.  Bekker  and  B.  Fischer, 
Compression  of periodic  light pulses  using all-optical  repetition  rate  multiplication 
K.  Ait-Ameur,  D.  Louhibi  and  T.  Kerdja,  Measurement  of the  pumping  coefficient 
dependence  upon  flashlamp  opacity  in  a Nd:YAG  laser 
Y.  Louyer,  F.  Balembois,  M.D.  Plimmer,  T.  Badr,  P.  Georges,  P.  Juncar  and 
M.E.  Himbert,  Efficient cw operation of diode-pumped  Nd: YLF  lasers at 1312.0 and 
1322.6  nm  for a silver  atom  optical clock 
A.A.  Lagatsky,  C.G.  Leburn,  C.T.A.  Brown,  W.  Sibbett  and  W.H.  Knox,  Compact 
self-starting  femtosecond  Cr**:YAG  laser  diode  pumped  by a Yb-fiber  laser