ForewordPresident¡Çs Address ------- p.3
Hiromichi Seya
Activities of NEW GLASS FORUM in 1996 ------- p.5
Feature Articles Rare Earth in NEW GLASSRear Earth in NEW GLASS ------- p.13
Gin-ya Adachi
Kuniaki Murase
Rear Earth in Glass ------- p.20
Kouhei Soga
Hiroyuki lnoue
Akio Makishima
Holographic memory in room-temperature spectral hole-burning glasses ------- p.28
Kazuyuki Hirao
Optical transition properties of rare-earth-ions in halide glass system ------- p.35
Masahide Takahashi
Masanori Shojiya
Yoji Kawamoto
Sulfide glasses containing rare-earth ions ------- p.43
Kohei Kadono
Current Development in Optical Fiber Amplifiers ------- p.50
Shoichi Sudo
New Glass Research TopicsNew Glasses for Cancer Treatments ------- p.59
Masakazu Kawashita
Fumiaki Miyaji
Tadashi Kokubo
Lectures of NewcomersPrecision Molding Technology of Glass Optical Elements(1) ------- p.66
Shinichiro Hirota
Ken Uno
Visit to Glass Research InstituteMy stay at the Eitel Institute for Silicate Research in University of Toledo ------- p.71
Akira Kisimoto
Inside Topics in Development ofMicro Channel Plate(MCP) ------- p.75
Chiyoshi Okuyama
Topics of Meetings on GlassConference report on the 34th SERAMIKKUSU-KISOGAKU-TORONKAI ------- p.80
Takashi Uchino
The 7th Meeting on Glasses for Optoelectronics ------- p.82
Kazuo Sanada
Opto-technology Laboratory(OFC¡Ç96) ------- p.84
Youichi Akasaka