Thin Films for Optical Waveguide Devices and Materials for Optical Limiting Symposia Held November 30-December 3, 1999, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A

This volume brings together two symposia from the 1999 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston to provide a multidisciplinary discussion of the science and technology of optical materials and devices for materials scientists, chemists, and physicists. Symposium Z, "Thin Films for Optical Waveguide Devices, covers materials properties, thin-film processing and optical waveguide device integration. The range of thin films includes ferroelectrics, dielectrics, glasses, and polymers with epitaxial, glass, or polymeric structures. Discussions of thin-film processing include sputtering, MBE, PLD, MOCVD, FHD, sol-gel, and spin casting for luminescent waveguides, electro-optic waveguides, magneto-optic waveguides, and photonic crystals. Symposium PP, "Materials for Optical Limiting II, addresses the development of materials for optical limiters and tunable filters which can suppress undesired radiation. Topics of this symposium include growing areas of interest such as two-photon absorbers and photorefractives, aswell as continued emphasis on reverse saturable absorption, liquid crystals, and carbon-based suspensions. An interesting new form of the latter is carbon nanotubes. The symposium also covers new materials modeling and synthesis, nonlinear materials characterization, device applications using new materials, and analyses of materials impact on optical limiting applications.Nashimoto, K. is the author of 'Thin Films for Optical Waveguide Devices and Materials for Optical Limiting Symposia Held November 30-December 3, 1999, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A', published 2000 under ISBN 9781558995055 and ISBN 1558995056.