Editorial

Jack D. Gaskill, Editor

The Year in Review

This past year brought a number of changes to Optical Engineer-ing, the most significant of which was the increase in publicationfrequency from bimonthly to monthly. A few changes weremerely cosmetic in nature (e.g., an increase in type size), where-as others were adopted to make the journal more informativeand interesting to the reader (inclusion of reference titles, bio-graphical sketches and photos of authors, etc.). Based on themany positive comments I have received, I am convinced thatthe majority of readers appreciate these changes and regardthem as improvements to the journal.

I would like to acknowledge the efforts of the Guest Editors,who expended a great deal of time and energy to ensure thesuccess of their special issues. In addition to writing a guesteditorial, they solicited manuscripts from selected individuals,had these manuscripts refereed by appropriate experts, madecertain that any necessary revisions were completed by theauthors, and provided recommendations to me regarding theacceptance or rejection of each paper. The Guest Editors for1986 were

Raymond Arrathoon (Digital Optical Computing, January)Cardinal Warde and Uzi Efron (Materials and Devices forOptical Information Processing, February)Mohan M. Trivedi and John F. Gilmore (Applications ofArtificial Intelligence, March)Henri H. Arsenault and Joseph W. Goodman (Speckle I,May, and Speckle II, June)Hua -Kuang Liu and Henry Lum (Optical Processing for theSpace Station, July)Gerald F. Marshall (X -Ray Multilayered Optics, August)Gregory M. Sanger (Large Optics Technology, September)Lynn D. Hutcheson (Optical Interconnections, October).

The efforts of all these individuals are sincerely appreciated.I wish to give special recognition to Armand R. Tanguay, Jr.,

who was awarded the Rudolf Kingslake Medal and Prize for1985 for his paper "Materials requirements for optical process-ing and computing devices." This paper, which was publishedin the January /February 1985 issue of Optical Engineering, wasjudged the most noteworthy original paper to appear in thejournal that year. The emphasis of Dr. Tanguay's paper is onmaterials requirements imposed by functional constraints, witha detailed analysis of three principal device categories: spatiallight modulators, volume holographic optical elements, andbistable optical devices. This paper is highly regarded andwidely referenced throughout the optical processing commun-ity, and I congratulate Dr. Tanguay for his achievement.

Finally, I once again wish to thank the authors who submittedmanuscripts to be considered for publication and the refereeswho helped review them. We all owe a debt of gratitude tothese individuals, for without them there would be no journal.

SR -228 / OPTICAL ENGINEERING / December 1986 / Vol. 25 No. 12

OPTICAL ENGINEERING EDITORIAL SCHEDULE

January 1987

Optical Computing and NonlinearOptical Signal Processing

Nasser PeyghambarianOptical Sciences CenterUniversity of ArizonaTucson, AZ 85721 602/621 -4649

February 1987

Optical MaterialsSolomon MusikantGeneral Electric CompanySpace Systems Div., Rm. U3027Valley Forge Space CenterP.O. Box 8555Philadelphia, PA 19101 215/354 -3020

March 1987

Charge Transfer Devices

Eustace DereniakOptical Sciences CenterUniversity of ArizonaTucson, AZ 85721 602/621 -1019

April 1987

Optical MicrolithographyJoseph P. KirkIBM East Fishkill -Z40ARoute 52Hopewell Junction, NY 12533 914/894 -4911

May 1987

Optical Information Processing: Systems,Materials, and Devices

Uzi EfronHughes Research LaboratoriesMS RL693011 Malibu Canyon RoadMalibu, CA 90265 213/317 -5214

June 1987

Contributed papers on optical engineering

July 1987

Visual Communications and Image Processing

T. Russell HsingBell Communications ResearchRoom 2L -181435 South StreetMorristown, NJ 07960 -1961 201/829 -4950

August 1987

Charge -Coupled Devices: Theory

James R. JanesickJet Propulsion LaboratoryCalifornia Institute of Technology4800 Oak Grove DrivePasadena, CA 91109 818/354 -7734

September 1987

Charge - Coupled Devices: Applications

James R. Janesick(See August 1987 for address)

Editorial

Jack D. Gaskill, Editor

The Year in Review

This past year brought a number of changes to Optical Engineer­ ing, the most significant of which was the increase in publication frequency from bimonthly to monthly. A few changes were merely cosmetic in nature (e.g., an increase in type size), where­ as others were adopted to make the journal more informative and interesting to the reader (inclusion of reference titles, bio­ graphical sketches and photos of authors, etc.). Based on the many positive comments I have received, I am convinced that the majority of readers appreciate these changes and regard them as improvements to the journal.

I would like to acknowledge the efforts of the Guest Editors, who expended a great deal of time and energy to ensure the success of their special issues. In addition to writing a guest editorial, they solicited manuscripts from selected individuals, had these manuscripts refereed by appropriate experts, made certain that any necessary revisions were completed by the authors, and provided recommendations to me regarding the acceptance or rejection of each paper. The Guest Editors for 1986 were

Raymond Arrathoon (Digital Optical Computing, January)Cardinal Warde and Uzi Efron (Materials and Devices forOptical Information Processing, February)Mohan M. Trivedi and John F. Gilmore (Applications ofArtificial Intelligence, March)Henri H. Arsenault and Joseph W. Goodman (Speckle I,May, and Speckle II, June)Hua-Kuang Liu and Henry Lum (Optical Processing for theSpace Station, July)Gerald F. Marshall (X-Ray Multilayered Optics, August)Gregory M. Sanger (Large Optics Technology, September)Lynn D. Hutcheson (Optical Interconnections, October).

The efforts of all these individuals are sincerely appreciated.I wish to give special recognition to Armand R. Tanguay, Jr.,

who was awarded the Rudolf Kingslake Medal and Prize for 1985 for his paper "Materials requirements for optical process­ ing and computing devices." This paper, which was published in the January/February 1985 issue of Optical Engineering, was judged the most noteworthy original paper to appear in the journal that year. The emphasis of Dr. Tanguay's paper is on materials requirements imposed by functional constraints, with a detailed analysis of three principal device categories: spatial light modulators, volume holographic optical elements, and bistable optical devices. This paper is highly regarded and widely referenced throughout the optical processing commun­ ity, and I congratulate Dr. Tanguay for his achievement.

Finally, I once again wish to thank the authors who submitted manuscripts to be considered for publication and the referees who helped review them. We all owe a debt of gratitude to these individuals, for without them there would be no journal.

OPTICAL ENGINEERING EDITORIAL SCHEDULE

January 1987

Optical Computing and Nonlinear Optical Signal Processing

Nasser Peyghambarian Optical Sciences Center University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721 602/621-4649

February 1987Optical MaterialsSolomon MusikantGeneral Electric CompanySpace Systems Div., Rm. U3027Valley Forge Space CenterP.O. Box 8555Philadelphia, PA 19101 215/354-3020

March 1987Charge Transfer Devices

Eustace DereniakOptical Sciences CenterUniversity of ArizonaTucson, AZ 85721 602/621-1019

Apr/7 7987

Optical MicrolithographyJoseph P. KirkIBM East Fishkill-Z40ARoute 52Hopewell Junction, NY 12533 914/894-4911

May 7987

Optical Information Processing: Systems, Materials, and Devices

Uzi EfronHughes Research LaboratoriesMS RL693011 Malibu Canyon RoadMalibu, CA 90265 213/317-5214

June 1987Contributed papers on optical engineering

July 1987Visual Communications and Image Processing

T. Russell HsingBell Communications ResearchRoom 2L-181435 South StreetMorristown, NJ 07960-1961 201/829-4950

August 7987

Charge-Coupled Devices: TheoryJames R. JanesickJet Propulsion LaboratoryCalifornia Institute of Technology4800 Oak Grove DrivePasadena, CA 91109 818/354-7734

September 1987Charge-Coupled Devices: ApplicationsJames R. Janesick(See August 1987 for address)

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