This issue of Applied Optics features 16 papers on the fabrication, design,
and applications of diffractive optics and micro-optics. A companion issue
of the Journal of the Optical Society of America A, guest edited by J. N.
Mait and H. P. Herzig, presents papers that emphasize the modeling and desi
gn of diffractive and micro-optical components. (C) 2001 Optical Society of
America.