WINTER COLLEGE ON
                   	OPTICS AND PHOTONICS


			7 - 25 February 2000

		     (Miramare - Trieste, Italy)


      The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP),
in collaboration with the International Commisson of Optics (ICO) and the
Optical Society of America (OSA), will organize a Winter College on Optics
and Photonics.  The College will take place from 7 to 25 February 2000 and
will be directed by Professors A.T. Friberg (Royal Institute of Technology,
Stockholm, Sweden), A. Ghatak (Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi,
India), F. Gori (Università Roma Tre, Rome, Italy) and G.T. Sincerbox
(Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, U.S.A.).  Prof. G.
Denardo (ICTP and University of Trieste, Italy) is the Local Organizer.

	The College aims at exposing the participants to the rapidly
growing fields of modern optics, photonics and optoelectronics.  The
lectures will cover the basic principles and theoretical aspects of optical
physics and instrumentation, as well as deal with contemporary
applications, e.g., in optical storage, guided-wave technology, new types
of lasers, and miniature optics.  Demonstrations and/or "hands-on"
laboratory and internet activities will be organized.


	MAIN TOPICS

	Fiber Optics: principles, components, amplifiers
	Micro-Optics and nanostructures
	New lasers: methods, devices, applications
	Optical and quantum physics: polarization, coherence, propagation
	Optical storage and display technologies
	Geometrical optics and optical design


      The College is organized in collaboration with the ICS - UNIDO, for
the part relevant to Optical design and Optimization.

	An internal LAMP (Laser, Atomic and Molecular Physics) Conference
will be organized so as to give all participants the opportunity to present
a 20 minute seminar.  Participants who intend to deliver a seminar will be
expected to come to ICTP prepared with all the material needed for their
talk.

	The College is open to scientists from all countries of the world
that are members of the UN, UNESCO or IAEA.  The main purpose of the Centre
is to help research workers from developing countries through a programme
of training activities within a framework of international cooperation.
However, students and post-doctoral scientists from developed countries are
also welcome to attend.  As the College will be conducted in English,
participants should have an adequate working knowledge of that language.

	As a rule, travel and subsistence expenses of the participants are
borne by the home institutions.  However, limited funds are available for
some participants from developing countries, who will be selected by the
Organizers.  Such financial support is available only to those who attend
the entire activity.  As scarcity of funds allows travel to be granted only
in a few exceptional cases, every effort should be made by candidates to
secure support for their fares (or at least half-fare) from their home
country. There is no registration fee to attend the College.

	Those wishing to participate should complete and return the Request
for Participation form, to be found at the back of Bulletin No. 1 (also
obtainable via e-mail:  smr1218@ictp.trieste.it, by typing on the subject
line: get index, or via WWW server:   http://www.ictp.trieste.it/),
before  31 October, 1999, to the following address:

	the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics
Winter College on Optics and Photonics
			(c/o Ms. V. Shaw)
			Strada Costiera 11
 		      I-34014 Trieste, Italy

Telephone: +39-040-2240541   Telex: 460392 ICTP I      Telefax: +39-040-224163

		   E-mail: smr1218@ictp.trieste.it