This volwne contains the Proceedings of a two-week summer conference titled "Advances in Integrated Optics" held June 1-9, 1993, in Erice, Sicily. This was the 18th annual course organized by the International School of Quantum Electronics, under the auspices of the "Ettore Majorana" Centre for Scientific Culture. The term Integrated Optics signifies guided-wave optical circuits consisting of two or more devices on a single substrate. Since its inception in the late 1960's, Integrated Optics has evolved from a specialized research topic into a broad field of work, ranging from basic research through commercial applications. Today many devices are available on market while a big effort is devolved to research on integrated nonlinear optical devices. This conference was organized to provide a comprehensive survey of the frontiers of this technology, including fundamental concepts, nonlinear optical materials, devices both in the linear and nonlinear regimes, and selected applications. These Proceedings update and augment the material contained in a previous ISQE volume, "Integrated Optics: Physics and Applications", S. Martellucci and A. N. Chester, Eds. , NATO ASI Series B, Vol. 91 (Plenum, 1983). For some closely related technology, the reader many also wish to consult the ISQE volumes: "Optical Fiber Sensors", A. N. Chester, S. Martellucci and A. M. Scheggi, Eds. , NATO ASI Series E, Vol. 132 (Nijhoff, 1987) ; and, "Nonlinear Optics and Optical Computing", S. Martellucci and A. N. Chester, Eds. , E. Majorana Int'! Science Series, Vol. 49 (plenum, 1990).

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1. Introduction to Integrated Optics: Characterisation and Modelling of Optical Waveguides.- 2. Introduction to Non-Linear Guided Waves.- 3. Nonlinear Optical Materials.- 4. Integrated Optics on Lithium Niobate.- 5. Propagation of Self-Trapped Optical Beams in Nonlinear Kerr Media and Photorefractive Crystals.- 6. Advances in Semiconductor Integrated Optics.- 7. Silica on Silicon Integrated Optics.- 8. Integrated Optics on Silicon: IOS Technologies.- 9. Are Glasses Suitable for Optoelectronics?.- 10. Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Polymer Waveguides.- 11. Fabrication and Characterization of Conjugated Polymer Waveguides.- 12. Linearized Optical Modulators for High Performance Analogs.- 13. An Example of Ti:LiNbO3 Device Fabrication: The Mach-Zehnder Electrooptical Modulator.- 14. All-Optical Switching in AlGaAs Semiconductor Waveguide Devices.- 15. Integrated Optics Sensors O. Parriaux.- 16. Multi-Quantum Well Integrated Stacks for Detection in Mid Infra-Red.- 17. Spatial Optical Solitons-Experiments.- 18. Optical Losses Characterization of Channel Waveguide through Photodeflection Method.- 19. Integrated Optics Applications for Telecommunications.- 20. Optical Signal Processors and Applications.- 21. Progress of High-Speed Optoelectronics H.-W. Yen.- 22. Optoelectronic Switching Applied to Radar Steering.- 23. Application of Optical Links in High Energy Physics Experiments.