edited by F Agulló-López (Universidad Autonóma de Madrid, Spain)

This review volume presents new developments in the preparation, physical characterization and applications of insulating materials for Optoelectronics. Insulators occupy a leading position as laser and optical amplifier hosts, electrooptic and acoustooptic modulators, frequency doublers and optical parametric oscillators, photorefractive devices and radiator detectors. These applications rely heavily on the development of advanced techniques for the preparation of both bulk and waveguide structures, the adequate knowledge of the microscopic behaviour defects, impurities and a thorough understanding of their response to electromagnetic fields. All these topics relating basic physicochemical aspects and applied performance are authoritatively discussed in the book.

• Pulsed Laser Deposition of Films for Optical Applications (C N Afonso)
• Preparation of Single Crystal Fibers (W M Yen)
• Preparation and Characterization of Composite Materials: Organic Molecules in Inorganic Hosts (D Levy)
• Characterization of Point Defects in Photorefractive Oxide Crystals by Paramagnetic Resonance Methods (O F Schirmer et al.)
• Hyperfine Techniques for Defect Studies (R Vianden)
• Optical Characterization of Solid State Lasers (L E Bausa & J G Sole)
• Channeling Investigations of Oxide Materials for Optoelectronic Applications (A Kling et al.)
• X-Ray Standing Wave Determination of Lattice Positions of Impurities in Lithium Niobate (T Gog & G Materlik)
• New Developments in the Simulation of Electrooptic Oxides (H Donnenberg)
• The Photorefractive Effect in Crystals (C Medrano & P Günter)
• Holographic Memories with Photorefractive Materials (C Alves et al.)
• Proton Exchange Waveguides in LiNbO₃ and LiTaO₃: Structural and Optical Properties (M P De Micheli et al.)
• Glasses for Optoelectronic Devices (P Mazzoldi & G C Righini)
• Application of Ion Implantation for Optoelectronics and Photonics (P D Townsend)
• Semiinsulating Material for Radiation Detection: HgI₂ (E Diéguez & P Olmos)