Comprises the proceedings of the October-November 1994 conference held in Boston. Divided into two volumes, sessions cover topics including electro-optic sensors and systems; fiber and planar waveguide technology; integrated optics and optoelectronics; nonlinear optics; optical communications; optical networks; optical switching and processing; optoelectronic materials and processing; optoelectronic packaging; manufacturing and reliability; semiconductor lasers; short wavelength and gas lasers; solid-state lasers; and ultrafast optics and electronics. Includes a number of special symposia on semiconductor lasers, photoinduced devices in optical fibers and waveguides, and medical lasers. Contributions are reprinted in their original format but repaginated. Lacks a subject index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.