Optical Waveguide Sciences: Proceedings of the International Symposium, held at Kweilin, People's Republic of China (PRC), June 20-23, 1983

Over the past decade or more, the art relating to modern optical waveguides has evolved as a nighly focused interdis­ ciplinary field, so attractive, stimulating and full of far­ reachin3 promise that no parallel could be found earlier in other branches of applied sciences except, perhaps, in solid­ state electronics and computer technology. This Proceedings, with a selection of 53 papers and briefs by 96 authors of 16 countries, is of real internation­ al dimensions. It is the outgrowth of...