Foreword ------- p.2Takeshi Yamamura
New Glass Research TopicsDevelopment of the precursor glasses for bismuth-based high-Tc superconductors ------- p.4
Tsutomu Minami
Masahiro Tatsumisago
Characterization of glasses with synchrotron orbital radiation (Part 1) What we can know with measurement of VUV absorption ------- p.12
Koichi Awazu
Carbon coated optical fiber ------- p.21
Kunio Kokura
Glass waveguide devices ------- p.28
Yoshiyuki Asahara
Feature Articles New Glass Thin Films with Optical FunctionsAn introduction ------- p.36
Hiroyuki Nasu
Recent progress in the fabrication of Si-network ------- p.37
Hajime Shirai
Isamu Shimizu
Amorphous semiconductor superlattices ------- p.45
Seiichi Miyazaki
Bifringent amorphous thin films ------- p.57
Tomoyoshi Motohiro
Yasunori Taga
Phase change optical memory thin film ------- p.69
Noboru Yamada
Semiconductor-doped glass thin films ------- p.79
Hiroyuki Nasu
Proceedings of the NGF Seminars18th Seminar on New Glass and Industrial UsesĄÉModern plants for optical thin-film coating ------- p.87
Shigeki Daikuhara
Thin film growth process in solution ------- p.101
Hideo Kambara
Applications and development of new glass: from a user's viewpoint ------- p.110
Koichi Niwa
Utilization of porous glass for gas separation membranes ------- p.119
Jiro Sakata
News Digest ------- p.131
Overseas TopicsThe 6th International Conference on Optical Sensors ------- p.133
Susumu Yoshida
MRS 1989 Fall Meeting ------- p.138
Shiro Takahashi
Pacifichem 89 in Honolulu ------- p.142
Kazuki Nakanishi
Domestic TopicsŁ±st Japan International SAMPE Symposium & Exhibition ------- p.144
Satoru lnoue
The 6th Japan-Korea Seminar on Ceramics ------- p.148
Hiromitsu Kozuka
Call on MembersNitto Chemical Ltd. ------- p.151Takeshi Morikawa
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