Written by experts in the field, the Encyclopedic Handbook of Integrated Optics provides coherent explanations of technical terms, ranging from basic principles to mathematical equations, principles of operation, device fabrication and testing, and system applications. The entries fall into four general categories: the basics of integrated optics, devices and components for integrated optics, subsystems including integrated optics, and system consideration and integrated optics. The handbook can be used in two ways. The index guides those using the book as a reference and the "Advice for Reading as a Book" section guides those using it as a textbook.

Absorption. Acousto-Optics Devices. Add/Drop Filter. Arrayed Waveguide Grating. Athermal Component. Attenuator. BPM (Beam Propagation Method). Directional Coupler. Dispersion and Its Control. Distributed Bragg Reflector (DBR) Laser. Distributed Feedback (DFB) Laser. EA (Electro-Absorption) Modulator. Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier (EDFA). Fiber Bragg Grating. Fibers. Filter. Four Wavelength Mixing. Frequency Chirping. Integrated Twin-Guide Laser. Isolator/Circulator. Lambda Plate. Light. Lithium Niobate (LN) Modulator. Magneto-Optic Switch. Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS). Microlens. Mircro-Ring Resonator Circuit. Mode Locking. Mode Scrambler. Modulation of Semiconductor Lasers. Multi-Mode Interference Devices. Nano-Photonics. Nonlinear Optical Waveguide. Optical Convolution. Optical Coupling in Waveguides. Optical Coupling of Lasers and Fibers. Optical Fiber. Optical Filter Synthesis. Optical Interconnects. Optical Loss. Optical Parallel Processor. Optical Parametric Amplifier (OPA). Optical Pickup. Optical Scattering. Optical Switch. Optical Tap. Opticlal Resonator. Optoelectronic Integrated Circuit (OEIC). Periodic Structure. Phase Shifter (Lambda Plate). Photodetector. Photonic Crystal. Planar Lightwave Circuit (PLC). Planar Microlens. Polarization. Polarization Control. Quantum Wells for Integrated Optics. Raman Amplifier. RF Spectrum Analyzer. Scattering . Second Harmonic Generation (SHG). Semiconductor Laser. Semiconductor Optical Amplifier. Single Photone source. Stacked Planer Optical Circuit. Surface Acoustic Wave Device (SAW Device). ThermoOptic Device . 3R (Retiming Reshaping Regeneration). Traveling-Wave Electro Absorption Modulator. Transmitter/Receiver. Tunable Semiconductor Laser. Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL). Waveguide Bends. Waveguide Modeling. Waveguide Theory. Wavelength Conversion. Wavelength Multiplexer/Demultiplexer (MX/DMUX in WDM). Y-Branch.