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Fimia, Pyrromethene-HEMA-based photopolymerizable holographic recording material 228 (2003) 55 Bondarenko, O.V., see Miloslavsky, V.K. 228 (2003) 365 Brady, D., see Basty, S. 228 (2003) 247 Carretero, L., see Blaya, S. 228 (2003) 55 Castano, V.M., see Rivera, A.L. 228 (2003) 211 Castaneda, R., see Garcia-Sucerquia, J. 228 (2003) 9 Chan, K.S., see Zhan, L. 228 (2003) 167 Charron, E., see Berthier, S. 228 (2003) 349 Chaudhuri, P.R., C. Lu and W. Xiaoyan, Scalar model and exact vectorial description for the design analysis of hollow optical fiber components 228 (2003) 285 Chen, G., L. Liu, H. Jia, J. Yu, L. Xu and W. Wang, Simultaneous pressure and temperature measurement using Hi-Bi fiber Bragg gratings 228 (2003) 99 Chen, K., A. Kromin, M.P. Ulmer, B.W. Wessels and V. Backman, Nanoparticle sizing with a resolution beyond the diffraction limit using UV light scattering spectroscopy 228 (2003) 1 Chen, R.T., see Yang, J. 228 (2003) 91 Chen, X., see Zhu, Y. 228 (2003) 139 Chen, X.-f., see Yin, Y.-z. 228 (2003) 79 Chen, Y. and W.T. Joines, Enhanced WDM performance using curved waveguide couplers 228 (2003) 319 Chen, Y., B. Zhang and F. Wang, Photorefractive material based on a polymer containing photoconductors and nonlinear chromophores 228 (2003) 341 Chen, ¥., see Zhu, Y. 228 (2003) 139 Chen, Y., see Zhu, Y. 228 (2003) 139 Cheng, J., see Zhou, J.Y. 228 (2003) 187 doi:10.1016/S0030-4018(03)02195-3 390 Author index to volume 228 Cho, Y., see Wada, K. 228 (2003) 49 Cywiak, M., B. Barrientos, G. Wade and S. Isakson, Resolution enhancement by tilted detection in the scanning laser acoustic microscope 228 (2003) 21 228 (2003) 79 Dai, Y.-t., see Yin, Y.-z. 228 (20033)4 9 Da Silva, A., see Berthier, S. 228 (20033)3 1 Dong, H., see Ning, G.X. Dong, P., J. Azana and A.G. Kirk, Synthesis of fiber Bragg grating parameters from 228 (20033)0 3 reflectivity by means of a simulated annealing algorithm 228 (2003) 85 Dong, X., see Meng, H. 228 (20032)9 5 Fang, X., see Wang, D.N. 228 (2003) 55 Fimia, A., see Blaya, S. 228 (20032)7 9 Fujii, M., see Hirose, T. Gao, W., see Meng, H. 228 (2003) 85 Garcia-Sucerquia, J. and R. Castaneda, Full retrieving of the complex degree of spatial 228 (2003) 9 coherence: theoretical analysis 228 (20032)9 5 Gong, J.M., see Wang, D.N. 228 (20033)3 1 Gong, Y.D., see Ning, G.X. 228 (20031)7 7 Hall, T.A., see Khan, N. 228 (20031)1 9 Hanack, M., see Vagin, S. 228 (2003) 71 Hansen, K.P., see Schreiber, T. 228 (20032)6 3 Hanson, S.G., see Yura, H.T. 228 (20032)7 9 Harada, K., see Hirose, T. 228 (2003) 49 Hirata, K., see Wada, K. Hirose, T., T. Omatsu, R. Kato, K. Hoshino, K. Harada, T. Watanabe and M. Fujii, Azo-benzene polymer thin-film laser amplifier with grating couplers based on light- 228 (20032)7 9 induced relief hologram 228 (20031)6 7 Ho, H.P., see Zhan, L. 228 (2003) 49 Horinaka, H., see Wada, K. 228 (20032)7 9 Hoshino, K., see Hirose, T. 228 (2003) 91 Howley, B., see Yang, J. 228 (20032)1 7 Hu, W., see Lu, D. 228 (20031)0 7 Huang, S., see Lu, S. Hwang, L.C., S.C. Lee and T.C. Wen, Nonlinear absorption and refraction in lead 228 (20033)7 3 glasses: enhanced by the small metal particle dispersions 228 (2003) 21 Isakson, S., see Cywiak, M. Janucki, J. and J. Owsik, A holographic method for document protection against 228 (2003) 63 counterfeit 228 (20031)3 3 Jeong, D.-Y., see Moon, HS. Jia, H., see Chen, G. 228 (2003) 99 Jia, J., C. Zhou and L. Liu, Superresolution technology for reduction of the far-field diffraction spot size in the laser free-space communication system 228 (2003) 271 Jiang, X., see Yang, J. 228 (2003) 91 Author index to volume 228 391 Jin, W., see Wang, D.N. 228 (2003) 295 Joines, W.T., see Chen, Y. 228 (2003) 319 Jung, E.C., see Moon, H.S. 228 (2003) 133 228 (20032)7 9 Kato, R., see Hirose, T. 228 (2003) 49 Kawai, K., see Wada, K. 228 (20031)7 7 Khan, N. and T.A. Hall, A five line distributed feedback dye laser Kimura, K., see Rangel-Rojo, R. 228 (20031)8 1 228 (20033)0 3 Kirk, A.G., see Dong, P. 228 (20031)3 3 Ko, K.-H., see Moon, H.S. 228 (20032)4 7 Kraut, S., see Basty, S. 228 (2003) 1 Kromin, A., see Chen, K. 228 (20031)8 7 Kuhl, J., see Zhou, J.Y. Larotonda, M.A., Saturation of Kerr-lens mode locking and the self-amplitude 228 (20033)8 1 modulation coefficient 228 (20031)1 9 Lee, M.K.Y., see Vagin, S. 228 (20033)7 3 Lee, S.C., see Hwang, L.C. 228 (2003) 71 Limpert, J., see Schreiber, T. 228 (20031)8 7 Lin, J., see Zhou, J.Y. Lin, H. and S. Mahadoo, Control of beam patterns in a helium—neon laser using a 228 (20033)5 7 spatially filtered feedback 228 (2003) 99 Liu, L., see Chen, G. 228 (20032)7 1 Liu, L., see Jia, J. 228 (2003) 85 Liu, S., see Meng, H. 228 (2003) 85 Liu, Y., see Meng, H. 228 (20032)1 1 Lozada-Cassou, M., see Rivera, A.L. Lu, D., W. Hu, Y. Zheng and Z. Yang, Propagation of pulsed beam beyond the paraxial approximation in free space 228 (2003) 217 Lu, C., see Chaudhuri, P.R. 228 (2003) 285 Lu, S., H. Wang, W. Qin, J. Zhang, H. Song and S. Huang, Optical gas delay-line for 228 (20031)0 7 ultrafast process measurements 228 (20031)6 1 Maclay, G.J., see Milonni, P.W. 228 (20033)5 7 Mahadoo, S., see Lin, H. 228 (20031)8 1 Matsuda, H., see Rangel-Rojo, R. 228 (2003) 49 Matsuyama, T., see Wada, K. 228 (20031)8 1 Mendez-Rojas, M.A., see Rangel-Rojo, R. Meneses-Fabian, C., G. Rodriguez-Zurita, R. Rodriguez-Vera and J.F. Vazquez- Castillo, Optical tomography with parallel projection differences and Electronic 228 (20032)0 1 Speckle Pattern Interferometry Meng, H., W. Gao, Y. Liu, H. Zhang, C. Zhao, S. Yuan, X. Dong and S. Liu, The gain 228 (2003) 85 and noise figure improvement of reflection L-band erbium-doped fiber amplifier Milonni, P.W. and G.J. Maclay, Quantized-field description of light in negative-index 228 (20031)6 1 media Miloslavsky, V.K., O.V. Bondarenko and L.A. Ageev, Competition of TE- and TM-waveguide modes in formation of spontaneous gratings and hexagons in the AgCl-Ag films by P-polarized laser beam 228 (2003) 365 392 Author index to volume 228 Min, S.-s. and Y.H. Won, Optical CDMA system with the least multiple access interference under arbitrary restrictions 228 (2003) 309 Molina-Terriza, G., J.P. Torres and L. Torner, Orbital angular momentum of photons in noncollinear parametric downconversion 228 (2003) 155 Moon, H.S., D.-Y. Jeong, K.-H. Ko and E.C. Jung, Laser-induced birefringence by using a linearly polarized field in Na D, line and its application to laser frequency stabilization 228 (20031)3 3 Neifeld, M.A., see Basty, S. 228 (20032)4 7 Nikogosyan, D.N., see Slattery, S.A. 228 (20031)2 7 Ning, G.X., S. Aditya, P. Shum, C.Q. Wu, Y.D. Gong and H. Dong, Higher-order polarization mode dispersion: new expressions, induced pulse broadening, and its compensation 228 (20033)3 1 Omatsu, T., see Hirose, T. 228 (20032)7 9 Owsik, J., see Janucki, J. 228 (2003) 63 Parzynski, R. and M. Sobczak, Optical resonance by a few-cycle pulse: an improved analytical solution 228 (20031)1 1 Petrossian, A. and S. Residori, Light driven motion of the nematic director in azo-dye doped liquid crystals 228 (2003) 145 Pun, B.Y.5., see Zhan, L. 228 (2003) 167 Oin, W., see Lu, 5. 228 (2003) 107 On, Z2.R., se Zhou, J.Y. 228 (2003) 187 Rangel-Rojo, R., K. Kimura, H. Matsuda, M.A. Mendez-Rojas and W.H. Watson, Dispersion of the third-order nonlinearity of a metallo-organic compound 228 (2003) 181 Residori, S., see Petrossian, A. 228 (2003) 145 Rivera, A.L., M. Lozada-Cassou, S. Rodriguez and V.M. Castano, Wigner distribution function as an assessment of the paraxial character of an optical system 228 (2003) 211 Rodriguez, S., see Rivera, A.L. 228 (2003) 211 Rodriguez-Vera, R., see Meneses-Fabian, C. 228 (2003) 201 Rodriguez-Zurita, G., see Meneses-Fabian, C. 228 (2003) 201 Rostami, A. and G. Rostami, Full optical analog to digital (A/D) converter based on Kerr-like nonlinear ring resonator 228 (2003) 39 Rostami, G., see Rostami, A. 228 (2003) 39 Sang, H.Y., see Zhou, J.Y. 228 (2003) 187 Schreiber, T., J. Limpert, H. Zellmer, A. Tinnermann and K.P. Hansen, High average power supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal fibers 228 (2003) 71 Sedukhin, A.G., Periodically focused propagation-invariant beams with sharp central peak 228 (2003) 231 mi, J., see Chu, Y. 228 (2003) 139 Shum, P., see Ning, G.X. 228 (2003) 331 Slattery, S.A. and D.N. Nikogosyan, Two-photon absorption at 211 nm in fused silica, crystalline quartz and some alkali halides 228 (2003) 127 Author index to volume 228 393 Sobczak, M., see Parzynski, R. 228 (2003) 111 Song, H., see Lu, S. 228 (2003) 107 Tinet, E., see Tualle, J.-M. 228 (2003) 33 Tong, F.W., see Wang, D.N. 228 (2003) 295 Torner, L., see Molina-Terriza, G. 228 (2003) 155 Torres, J.P., see Molina-Terriza, G. 228 (2003) 155 Tualle, J.-M. and E. Tinet, Derivation of the radiative transfer equation for scattering media with a spatially varying refractive index 228 (2003) 33 Tiinnermann, A., see Schreiber, T. 228 (2003) 71 Ulmer, M.P., see Chen, K. 228 (2003) 1 Vagin, S., G.Y. Yang, M.K.Y. Lee and M. Hanack, Nonlinear optical absorption studies of new indium(III) porphyrazines: influence of additional benzo-annulation 228 (2003) 119 Vazquez-Castillo, J.F., see Meneses-Fabian, C. 228 (2003) 201 Wada, K., K. Hirata, M. Yoshida, K. Kawai, K. Yoshioka, T. Matsuyama, H. Horinaka and Y. Cho, A gain-switched laser diode as a low-coherence light source 228 (2003) 49 Wade, G., see Cywiak, M. 228 (2003) 21 Wai, P.K.A., see Wang, D.N. 228 (2003) 295 Wang, D.N., F.W. Tong, X. Fang, W. Jin, P.K.A. Wai and J.M. Gong, Multi- wavelength erbium-doped fiber ring laser source with a hybrid gain medium 228 (20032)9 5 Wang, F., see Chen, Y. 228 (20033)4 1 Wang, G., see Xiao, F. 228 (20032)2 5 Wang, H., see Lu, S. 228 (20031)0 7 Wang, M., see Yang, J. 228 (2003) 91 Wang, W., see Chen, G. 228 (2003) 99 Watanabe, T., see Hirose, T. 228 (20032)7 9 Watson, W.H., see Rangel-Rojo, R. 228 (20031)8 1 Wen, T.C., see Hwang, L.C. 228 (20033)7 3 Wessels, B.W., see Chen, K. 228 (2003) 1 Won, Y.H., see Min, S.-s. 228 (20033)0 9 Wu, C.Q., see Ning, G.X. 228 (20033)3 1 Xia, Y., see Zhu, Y. 228 (2003) 139 Xiao, F., G. Wang and Z. Xu, Superresolution in two-color excitation fluorescence microscopy 228 (2003) 225 Xiaoyan, W., see Chaudhuri, P.R. 228 (2003) 285 Xie, S.-z., see Yin, Y.-z. 228 (2003) 79 Xu, Z., see Xiao, F. 228 (2003) 225 Au, L., see Chen, G. 228 (2003) 99 Yan, ¥., see Zhou, JY. 228 (2003) 187 Yang, G.Y., see Vagin, S. 228 (2003) 119 Yang, J.. Q. Zhou, F. Zhao, X. Jiang, B. Howley, M. Wang and R.T. Chen, Characteristics of optical bandpass filters employing series-cascaded double-ring resonators 228 (2003) 91 394 Author index to volume 228 Yang, Z., see Lu, D. 228 (2003) 217 Yin, Y.-z., X.-f. Chen, Y.-t. Dai and S.-z. Xie, A novel method for inverse fiber Bragg 228 (2003) 79 grating structure design 228 (2003) 49 Yoshida, M., see Wada, K. 228 (2003) 49 Yoshioka, K., see Wada, K. 228 (2003) 99 Yu, J., see Chen, G. 228 (2003) 85 Yuan, S., see Meng, H. Yura, H.T. and S.G. Hanson, Variance of intensity for Gaussian statistics and partially 228 (20032)6 3 developed speckle in complex ABCD optical systems 228 (2003) 71 Zellmer, H., see Schreiber, T. Zhan, L., K.S. Chan, E.Y.B. Pun and H.P. Ho, Enhanced wavelength shift in partly 228 (20031)6 7 gain-coupled distributed feedback lasers using quantum well intermixing 228 (20033)4 1 Zhang, B., see Chen, Y. 228 (2003) 85 Zhang, H., see Meng, H. 228 (20031)0 7 Zhang, J., see Lu, S. 228 (2003) 85 Zhao, C., see Meng, H. 228 (2003) 91 Zhao, F., see Yang, J. 228 (20032)1 7 Zheng, Y., see Lu, D. 228 (20032)7 1 Zhou, C., see Jia, J. 228 (2003) 91 Zhou, Q., see Yang, J. Zhou, J.Y., H.Y. Sang, J. Cheng, J. Lin, Z.R. Qiu, Y. Yan and J. Kuhl, Effects of finite beam size and crossing angle on space—time—frequency-resolved pump—probe spectroscopy of optically transparent materials 228 (2003) 187 Zhu, Y., X. Chen, J. Shi, Y. Chen, Y. Xia and Y. Chen, Wide-range tunable wavelength filter in periodically poled lithium niobate 228 (2003) 139 Available online at www.sciencedirect.com science (joinecrs OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS Optics Communications 228 (2003) 395-398 www.elsevier.com/locate/optcom Subject index to volume 228 Propagation and scattering K. Chen, A. Kromin, M.P. Ulmer, B.W. Wessels and V. Backman, Nanoparticle sizing with a resolution beyond the diffraction limit using UV light scattering spectroscopy l J. Garcia-Sucerquia and R. Castaneda, Full retrieving of the complex degree of spatial coherence: theoretical analysis 9 M. Cywiak, B. Barrientos, G. Wade and S. Isakson, Resolution enhancement by tilted detection in the scanning laser acoustic microscope 21 J.-M. Tualle and E. Tinet, Derivation of the radiative transfer equation for scattering media with a spatially varying refractive index 33 A. Rostami and G. Rostami, Full optical analog to digital (A/D) converter based on Kerr-like nonlinear ring resonator 39 K. Wada, K. Hirata, M. Yoshida, K. Kawai, K. Yoshioka, T. Matsuyama, H. Horinaka and Y. Cho, A gain-switched laser diode as a low-coherence light source 49 C. Meneses-Fabian, G. Rodriguez-Zurita, R. Rodriguez-Vera and J.F. Vazquez- Castillo, Optical tomography with parallel projection differences and Electronic Speckle Pattern Interferometry 201 A.L. Rivera, M. Lozada-Cassou, S. Rodriguez and V.M. Castano, Wigner distribution function as an assessment of the paraxial character of an optical system 211 D. Lu, W. Hu, Y. Zheng and Z. Yang, Propagation of pulsed beam beyond the paraxial approximation in free space 217 F. Xiao, G. Wang and Z. Xu, Superresolution in two-color excitation fluorescence microscopy 225 A.G. Sedukhin, Periodically focused propagation-invariant beams with sharp central peak 231 Optical information, image formation and analysis, optical computing S. Blaya, P. Acebal, L. Carretero and A. Fimia, Pyrromethene-HEMA-based photopolymerizable holographic recording material 55 J. Janucki and J. Owsik, A holographic method for document protection against counterfeit 63 doi:10.1016/S0030-4018(03)02196-5 396 Subject index to volume 228 S. Basty, M.A. Neifeld, D. Brady and S. Kraut, Nonlinear estimation for interferometric imaging H.T. Yura and S.G. Hanson, Variance of intensity for Gaussian statistics and partially developed speckle in complex ABCD optical systems J. Jia, C. Zhou and L. Liu, Superresolution technology for reduction of the far-field diffraction spot size in the laser free-space communication system Optical communications T. Schreiber, J. Limpert, H. Zellmer, A. Tinnermann and K.P. Hansen, High average power supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal fibers Y.-z. Yin, X.-f. Chen, Y.-t. Dai and S.-z. Xie, A novel method for inverse fiber Bragg grating structure design H. Meng, W. Gao, Y. Liu, H. Zhang, C. Zhao, S. Yuan, X. Dong and S. Liu, The gain and noise figure improvement of reflection L-band erbium-doped fiber amplifier . Yang, Q. Zhou, F. Zhao, X. Jiang, B. Howley, M. Wang and R.T. Chen, Characteristics of optical bandpass filters employing series-cascaded double-ring resonators G. Chen, L. Liu, H. Jia, J. Yu, L. Xu and W. Wang, Simultaneous pressure and temperature measurement using Hi-Bi fiber Bragg gratings S. Lu, H. Wang, W. Qin, J. Zhang, H. Song and S. Huang, Optical gas delay-line for ultrafast process measurements T. Hirose, T. Omatsu, R. Kato, K. Hoshino, K. Harada, T. Watanabe and M. Fujii, Azo-benzene polymer thin-film laser amplifier with grating couplers based on light- induced relief hologram P.R. Chaudhuri, C. Lu and W. Xiaoyan, Scalar model and exact vectorial description for the design analysis of hollow optical fiber components D.N. Wang, F.W. Tong, X. Fang, W. Jin, P.K.A. Wai and J.M. Gong, Multi- wavelength erbium-doped fiber ring laser source with a hybrid gain medium P. Dong, J. Azana and A.G. Kirk, Synthesis of fiber Bragg grating parameters from reflectivity by means of a simulated annealing algorithm S.-s. Min and Y.H. Won, Optical CDMA system with the least multiple access interference under arbitrary restrictions Y. Chen and W.T. Joines, Enhanced WDM performance using curved waveguide couplers G.X. Ning, S. Aditya, P. Shum, C.Q. Wu, Y.D. Gong and H. Dong, Higher-order polarization mode dispersion: new expressions, induced pulse broadening, and its compensation Subject index to volume 228 Atomic and molecular physics R. Parzynski and M. Sobczak, Optical resonance by a few-cycle pulse: an improved analytical solution S. Vagin, G.Y. Yang, M.K.Y. Lee and M. Hanack, Nonlinear optical absorption studies of new indium(III) porphyrazines: influence of additional benzo-annulation S.A. Slattery and D.N. Nikogosyan, Two-photon absorption at 211 nm in fused silica, crystalline quartz and some alkali halides H.S. Moon, D.-Y. Jeong, K.-H. Ko and E.C. Jung, Laser-induced birefringence by using a linearly polarized field in Na D, line and its application to laser frequency stabilization Y. Chen, B. Zhang and F. Wang, Photorefractive material based on a polymer containing photoconductors and nonlinear chromophores Condensed matter Y. Zhu, X. Chen, J. Shi, Y. Chen, Y. Xia and Y. Chen, Wide-range tunable wavelength filter in periodically poled lithium niobate S. Berthier, E. Charron and A. Da Silva, Determination of the cuticle index of the scales of the iridescent butterfly Morpho menelaus Quantum optics A. Petrossian and S. Residori, Light driven motion of the nematic director in azo-dye doped liquid crystals G. Molina-Terriza, J.P. Torres and L. Torner, Orbital angular momentum of photons in noncollinear parametric downconversion P.W. Milonni and G.J. Maclay, Quantized-field description of light in negative-index media Laser physics and laser sources L. Zhan, K.S. Chan, E.Y.B. Pun and H.P. Ho, Enhanced wavelength shift in partly gain-coupled distributed feedback lasers using quantum well intermixing N. Khan and T.A. Hall, A five line distributed feedback dye laser H. Lin and S. Mahadoo, Control of beam patterns in a helium—neon laser using a spatially filtered feedback Nonlinear optics R. Rangel-Rojo, K. Kimura, H. Matsuda, M.A. Mendez-Rojas and W.H. Watson, Dispersion of the third-order nonlinearity of a metallo-organic compound 398 Subject index to volume 228 J.Y. Zhou, H.Y. Sang, J. Cheng, J. Lin, Z.R. Qiu, Y. Yan and J. Kuhl, Effects of finite beam size and crossing angle on space—time—frequency-resolved pump—probe spectroscopy of optically transparent materials V.K. Miloslavsky, O.V. Bondarenko and L.A. Ageev, Competition of TE- and TM-waveguide modes in formation of spontaneous gratings and hexagons in the AgCl-Ag films by P-polarized laser beam L.C. Hwang, S.C. Lee and T.C. Wen, Nonlinear absorption and refraction in lead glasses: enhanced by the small metal particle dispersions M.A. Larotonda, Saturation of Kerr-lens mode locking and the self-amplitude modulation coefficient