Introduction
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Biomedical Optical Applications of Liquid Crystal Devices
I. Abdulhalim, R. Moses and R. Sharon  page 715  abstract   Full Text PDF

Dark Resonances in Quantum Optics
E. Arimondo  page 723  abstract   Full Text PDF

Dancing Light: Counterpropagating Beams in Photorefractive Crystals
M.R. Belić, M.S. Petrović, A.I. Strinić, S. Prvanović and N.Z. Petrović  page 729  abstract   Full Text PDF

Luminescence of Lanthanides from Xerogels Embedded in Mesoporous Matrices
N.V. Gaponenko  page 737  abstract   Full Text PDF

Isolated 170 as Pulse Generation in the XUV
E. Goulielmakis, M. Schultze, M. Uiberacker, M. Hofstetter, U. Kleineberg and F. Krausz  page 751  abstract   Full Text PDF

NIST Cesium Fountains - Current Status and Future Prospects
S.R. Jefferts, T.P. Heavner, T.E. Parker and J.H. Shirley  page 759  abstract   Full Text PDF

Effect of Disorder on the Electromagnetic Properties of Photonic Crystals
R. Meisels and F. Kuchar  page 769  abstract   Full Text PDF

Negative Refraction as a Source of Some Pedagogical Problems
V.G. Veselago  page 777  abstract   Full Text PDF

High Resolution Spectroscopy of Cold, Trapped Atoms
T.M. Brzozowski, M. Brzozowska, J. Zachorowski and W. Gawlik  page 783  abstract   Full Text PDF

Dissipative Optical Solitons
V. Skarka and N.B. Aleksic  page 791  abstract   Full Text PDF

Zeeman Coherences Narrowing due to Ramsey Effects Induced by Thermal Motion of Rubidium Atoms
Z.D. Grujić, M.M. Mijailović, B.M. Panić, M. Minić, A.G. Kovačević, M. Obradović, B.M. Jelenković and S. Cartaleva  page 799  abstract   Full Text PDF

Proposed Experiment with Rydberg Atoms to Study the Influence of Particle Size on Quantum Interference
M. Gondran, M. Božić, D. Arsenović and A. Gondran  page 805  abstract   Full Text PDF

Limitations of the Generalized Coupled Two-Level Model during the Multiphoton Absorption in Different Gas Mixtures
J.D. Nikolić, M.D. Rabasović and D.D. Markushev  page 811  abstract   Full Text PDF

Calculation of the Highly Excited SF6 Vibrational State Distributions and Dissociation Yields in Different Gas Mixtures
J.D. Nikolić, M.D. Rabasović and D.D. Markushev  page 817  abstract   Full Text PDF

Electromagnetically Induced Absorption Resonance Sign Reversal
J. Belfi, V. Biancalana, S. Cartaleva, Y. Dancheva, E. Mariotti, L. Moi, K. Nasyrov, D. Slavov, P. Todorov and K. Vaseva  page 823  abstract   Full Text PDF

Geometry of the ⁴T_2g Excited State in Cs₂SiF₆:Mn⁴⁺
A. Reisz and C.N. Avram  page 829  abstract   Full Text PDF

Angular Distortion around Cr³⁺ Ions Doped Diammonium Hexaaqua Magnesium Sulphate Single Crystal
M. Ciresan, M. Vaida and N.M. Avram  page 835  abstract   Full Text PDF

Effect of Laser Light Ellipticity on Hanle Electromagnetically Induced Absorption Amplitude and Line Width
J. Dimitrijević, Z. Grujić, M. Mijailović, D. Arsenović, B. Panić and B.M. Jelenković  page 841  abstract   Full Text PDF

Realisation of Transparency below the One-Photon Absorption Level for a Coupling Laser Driving a Lambda System under EIT Conditions
L. Spani, Molella, R.-H. Rinkleff and K. Danzmann  page 847  abstract   Full Text PDF

Finding Solitons in Bifurcations of Stationary Solutions of Complex Ginzburg-Landau Equation
D.V. Timotijevic, M. Derbazi and V. Skarka  page 853  abstract   Full Text PDF

Possibility of Enhancement of Amplitude-Squared Squeezing in Mixing with Coherent Light Beam Using a Mach-Zehnder Interferometer
D.K. Mishra  page 859  abstract   Full Text PDF

Fluorescence Spectra Study in Extremely Thin Cs-Vapor Layers
K. Vaseva, P. Todorov, D. Slavov, S. Cartaleva, K. Koynov and S. Saltiel  page 865  abstract   Full Text PDF

All-Optical Magnetometer Based on Resonant Excitation of Rubidium Atoms by Frequency Modulated Diode Laser Light
S. Cartaleva, T. Karaulanov, N. Petrov, D. Slavov, K. Vaseva, A. Yanev, M. Mijailovic, Z. Grujic and B.M. Jelenkovic  page 871  abstract   Full Text PDF

Beam Propagation in Nematic Liquid Crystals
A.I. Strinic and M.R. Belic  page 877  abstract   Full Text PDF

Counterpropagating Dipole Beams in Nematic Liquid Crystals
A.I. Strinic, D.M. Jovic and M.R. Belic  page 885  abstract   Full Text PDF

Propagation of Spatial Solitons with Nonlinear Kerr Effect in Thermal Medium
A. Gharaati, P. Elahi and S. Cari  page 891  abstract   Full Text PDF

Using 2D Distributed Feedback in Optical Laser
V.R. Baryshev, N.S. Ginzburg, A.M. Malkin and A.S. Sergeev  page 897  abstract   Full Text PDF

On Bright and Dark Breathers in Lattices with Saturable Nonlinearity
A. Maluckov, M. Stepić and Lj. Hadžievski  page 903  abstract   Full Text PDF

Transition Rate Dependence on the Non-Zero Initial Momentum in the ADK-Theory
V.M. Ristić, T.B. Miladinović and M.M. Radulović  page 909  abstract   Full Text PDF

Three-Frequency Wave Interactions in the Field of 100 fs Ti:Sapphire Laser pulse in PPLN
I.V. Shutov, A.V. Shumitsky and I.A. Ozheredov  page 915  abstract   Full Text PDF

“Necklace-Ring” Beams in Saturable Kerr Media with Square-Root Nonlinearity
M.S. Petrović  page 921  abstract   Full Text PDF

A Spectroscopic Study on the Nonlinear Optical Susceptibilities of Organic Molecules
S. Foerier, V.K. Valev, G. Koeckelberghs, I.A. Kolmychek, O.A. Aksipetrov and T. Verbiest  page 927  abstract   Full Text PDF

Models of Interactions of Laser Beams with Materials of Interest for Optical Components and Provoked Damages
M. Srećković, J. Ilić, A. Kovačević, S. Pantelić, Z. Latinović and V. Ćosović  page 935  abstract   Full Text PDF

Stable One-Dimensional Dissipative Solitons in Complex Cubic-Quintic Ginzburg-Landau Equation
N.B. Aleksic, G. Pavlovic and V. Skarka  page 941  abstract   Full Text PDF

The Reflection Spectra of the Bechgaard Salts: a Theoretical Determination
V. Čelebonović  page 349  abstract   Full Text PDF

Surface Plasmon-Polariton Assisted Metal-Dielectric Multilayers as Passband Filters for Ultraviolet Range
Z. Jakšić, M. Maksimović, M. Sarajlić and D. Tanasković  page 953  abstract   Full Text PDF

Far-Infrared Study of DX-Like Centers in Pb_0.95Mn_0.05Te(Ga)
D. Stojanović, J. Trajić, B. Hadžić, M. Romčević, I.I. Ivanchik and N. Romčević  page 959  abstract   Full Text PDF

Boundary Influence on Permittivity in Molecular Films
S.M. Vučenović, J.P. Šetrajčić, D.Lj. Mirjanić and B. Škipina  page 963  abstract   Full Text PDF

Investigation on the Crystallization Process of Eu³⁺:CaSiO₃ Gel Using Optical and Thermal Methods
Ž. Andrić, R. Krsmanović, M. Marinović-Cincović, T. Dramićanin, B. šećerov and M.D. Dramićanin  page 969  abstract   Full Text PDF

Optical and Thermal Investigation of Sol-Gel Derived Eu³⁺:Y₂SiO₅ Nanoparticles
R. Krsmanović, Ž. Andrić, M. Marinović-Cincović, I. Zeković and M.D. Dramićanin  page 975  abstract   Full Text PDF

Laser-PMMA Interaction and Mechanical Stresses
A. Kovačević, M. Srećković, R. Gospavić and S. Ristić  page 981  abstract   Full Text PDF

Time Delay in Thin Slabs with Kerr-Type Nonlinearity
J. Radovanović, V. Milanović, G. Isić and D. Indjin  page 987  abstract   Full Text PDF

Imaging Properties of Laser-Produced Parabolic Profile Microlenses
D. Vasiljević, B. Murić, D. Pantelić and B. Panić  page 993  abstract   Full Text PDF

Thermoluminescent Mechanism in Lilac Spodumene
S.O. Souza, S. Watanabe, A.F. Lima and M.V. Lalic  page 1001  abstract   Full Text PDF

Influence of Various Impurities on the Optical Properties of YbF₃-Doped CaF₂ Crystals
M. Stef, A. Pruna, N. Pecingina-Garjoaba and I. Nicoara  page 1007  abstract   Full Text PDF

The Effects of Nonstoichiometry on Optical Properties of Oxide Nanopowders
M. Šćepanović, M. Grujić-Brojčin, Z. Dohčević-Mitrović, K. Vojisavljević, T. Srećković and Z.V. Popović  page 1013  abstract   Full Text PDF

Silicon Photonic Waveguides for Near- and Mid-Infrared Regions
S. Stankovic, M. Milosevic, B. Timotijevic, P.Y. Yang, E.J. Teo, J. Crnjanski, P. Matavulj and G.Z. Mashanovich  page 1019  abstract   Full Text PDF

Surface Plasmon Frequency Spectrum in a System of Two Spherical Dielectric Coated Metallic Nanoparticles
T. Makaryan, A. Melikyan and H. Minassian  page 1025  abstract   Full Text PDF

Porous Silicon Avalanche LEDs and their Applications in Optoelectronics and Information Displays
P. Jaguiro, P. Katsuba, S. Lazarouk and A. Smirnov  page 1031  abstract   Full Text PDF

Group Delay in Semiconductor Structures with Energy Dependent Effective Mass
S. Kočinac and V. Milanović  page 1037  abstract   Full Text PDF

The Systematic Variation of Optical Properties of Alkali Halides: an Ab Initio Study
G.C. Gonçalves, M.V. Lalic and O.L. Malta  page 1043  abstract   Full Text PDF

Transmission Spectra of Thue-Morse Multilayers Containing Negative Index Metamaterials
M. Maksimovic and Z. Jaksic  page 1049  abstract   Full Text PDF

Crystal Field Analysis of Cr³⁺ Energy Levels in LiGa₅O₈ Spinel
M.G. Brik, N.M. Avram and C.N. Avram  page 1055  abstract   Full Text PDF

Dispersion of Bloch Modes in a Multilayer Structure with Alternating Left-Handed and Right-Handed Materials
S. Vukovic, N.B. Aleksic and D.V. Timotijevic  page 1061  abstract   Full Text PDF

Gaussian-Induced Rotation in Triangular Photonic Lattices
D. Jović, S. Prvanović, R. Jovanović and M. Petrović  page 1067  abstract   Full Text PDF

Aperiodically Poled Nonlinear Crystals as Sources of Multi-Frequency Laser Radiation
A.A. Novikov and G.D. Laptev  page 1073  abstract   Full Text PDF

Holographic Fabrication of Periodic Microstructures in Dichromated Pullulan
S. Savić-Šević, D. Pantelić, R. Gajić and G. Isić  page 1079  abstract   Full Text PDF

Imperfect Cloaking Devices Based on Metamaterials
G. Isić, R. Gajić, B. Novaković, Z.V. Popović and K. Hingerl  page 1083  abstract   Full Text PDF

Surface Optical Waves in Semi-Infinite One-Dimensional Photonic Crystals Containing Alternating Layers of Positive and Negative Media with a Cap Layer
J. Barvestani, M. Kalafi and A. Soltani-Vala  page 1089  abstract   Full Text PDF

Holographic Interferometer as a Correlator of Phase Distortions with Response in the Form of Interference Pattern
L.A. Derzhypolska, O.V. Gnatovskiy and P.V. Yezhov  page 1095  abstract   Full Text PDF

A Comparative Analysis of Associative Properties of Fourier versus Walsh Digital Holograms
A. Derzhypolskyy and D. Melenevskyy  page 1101  abstract   Full Text PDF

Realization of a Phase Noise Measurement Bench Using Cross Correlation and Double Optical Delay Line
P. Salzenstein, J. Cussey, X. Jouvenceau, H. Tavernier, L. Larger, E. Rubiola and G. Sauvage  page 1107  abstract   Full Text PDF

Laser Sheet Scattering and the Cameras' Positions in Particle Image Velocimetry
J. Ilić, Dj. Čantrak and M. Srećković  page 1113  abstract   Full Text PDF

Optical and Magnetooptical Properties of Clinical Dextrans
M. Koralewski, F. Reinholz, J. Karoń and K. Waraczewski  page 1119  abstract   Full Text PDF

Development of Low-Cost Photodynamic Therapy Device
N. Momchilov, I. Bliznakova, E. Borisova and P. Troyanova  page 1125  abstract   Full Text PDF

Laser- and Light-Induced Autofluorescence Spectroscopy of Human Skin in Dependence on Excitation Wavelengths
I. Bliznakova, E. Borisova and L. Avramov  page 1131  abstract   Full Text PDF

Optodynamic Characterization of Laser-Induced Bubbles
P. Gregorčič and J. Možina  page 1137  abstract   Full Text PDF

Optical and Electron Spectrometry of Molecules of Biological Interest
B.P. Marinković, A.R. Milosavljević, J.B. Maljković, D. Šević, B.A. Petruševski, D.M. Filipović, M. Terzić and V. Pejčev  page 1145  abstract   Full Text PDF

Influence of Laser Pulse Spatial Profile on Optodynamic Source Shape in Liquid Media
D. Horvat and M. Terzić  page 1151  abstract   Full Text PDF

Holographic Measurement of Dental Tissue Contraction and Stress, due to Postpolymerization Reaction
D. Pantelić, L. Blažić, S. Savić-Šević, B. Murić, D. Vasiljević, B. Panić and I. Belić  page 1157  abstract   Full Text PDF