Thin Films for Optical Waveguide Devices and Materials for Optical Limiting：VOLUME597

Papers from a fall 1999 symposium discuss science and technology of optical materials and devices for materials scientists, chemists, and physicists. Covers materials properties, thin film processing, and optical waveguide device integration, touching on a range of thin films, including ferroelectrics, dielectrics, glasses, and polymers with epitaxial, glass, or polymeric structures. Processing methods covered include sputtering, MBE, PLD, MOCVD, FHD, sol-gel, and spin casting for luminescent, electrooptic, and magnetooptic waveguides, and photonic crystals. Also addresses the development of materials for optical limiters and tunable filters, new materials modeling and synthesis, and analyses of materials impact on optical limiting applications. Nashimoto is affiliated with Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)