Foreword
Masakiyo Matsumura, President
The Japan Society of Applied Physics

The Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP) occupies
a unique position in that we bridge the gap between sci-ence and engineering with physics as the common denominator. Our activities assisted the rapid recovery of Japanese industry after the 2nd World War, especially in the areas of optics,microelectronics and optoelectronics. Now, we are planning
our goals not only with respect to Japan but globally, and weintend to promote collaboration not only among professional
researchers in physics but also among all other kinds of researcher through Engineering Science. We will warmly welcome every overseas researcher wishing to join JSAP.

overseas researchers. Members of sister-member societies cansubscribe to JJAP at a reduced monthly rate; the full text is alsoavailable in electronic format.
“OYO BUTURI”, a Japanese language journal, and “JSAPInternational (JSAPI)”, this English language periodical, are published by JSAP. “OYO BUTURI” is published monthly and JSAPI,
every 6 months. We plan to translate the most excellent of thereview papers appearing in “OYO BUTURI” into English andJSAP holds major meetings in the spring and fall every year.
More than 7,000 presentations are given every year and thetotal number of participants is about 14,000. Authors are asked
to write the paper titles and the captions of all figures and tables
in English and there are several English language sessions. JSAP
has signed reciprocal privilege agreements with IEEE, IEEE/LEOS,IEEE/EDS, EPS, APS, IOP, OSA and KPS. Members of these sister-member societies can participate in these meetings andpresent recent results there. Electronic versions of all abstracts
are also now available. You can find many buried treasures
there!
“Japanese Journal of Applied Physics” (JJAP) has been published monthly since 1962 through co-operation with The Physical Society of Japan. From April, 2000, it has been agreed between the two societies that JJAP be published by JSAP throughThe Institute of Pure and Applied Physics (IPAP), a new organi-print them in JSAPI or JJAP; important information and opinions from overseas appearing in JSAPI will also be published in“OYO BUTURI”. This reciprocal interchange will stimulate discussion between Japanese and overseas researchers. We therefore invite overseas researchers to submit letters to the editorial
board of JSAPI.
Promoting the public understanding of science (PUS) is another important activity of the JSAP. “Refresher Science Classes”
are held 10 times a year, aimed mainly at primary school teachers. The “Festival of Science and Technology”, an exposition forchildren and their families, is also organized by a large group ofvolunteer members of JSAP. These activities are similarly described in detail on our Web site.

JSAPI Editorial Board: editor_jsapi@jsap.or.jp
JSAP Home Page: http://www.jsap.or.jp/
JJAP: http://www.jjap.or.jp/

zation sponsored by these same two societies. JJAP is one ofthree major journals in applied physics in the world. The total
number of articles published annually is more than 1,850 (about10,000 pages). About 30% of these articles are submitted by

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