1. Historical Facts towards Introduction to Fiber-Optics and Photonics by Dr.Tarun Kumar Gangopadhyay. 2. Photonics: A Dream of Modern Technology by Prof. Sourangshu Mukhopadhyay, Shuvra Dey and Subhendu Saha. 3. Optical Fiber and Its Application in Communication - An Overview by Dr. Mrinal Kanti Mandal. 4. Progress on Optical Fiber Sensor for the Measurement of Physical Parameters and Chemical Sensing by Dr. Tarun Kumar Gangopadhyay 5. Laser Applications in Medicine and Photodynamic Therapy by Prof. Gopal C Bhar 6. Attempts to Build Light Energy Conversion Devices by Somnath Paul, Chirantan Samajdar and Prof. Tapan Ganguly 7. Fluorescence: Fundamental and Applications by Dr. Mohan Singh Mehata 8. Nonlinear Frequency Conversion : A Versatile Approach to Achieve Broadly Tunable Coherent Radiation by Prof. Udit Chatterjee 9. Photonics and Its Application in High Voltage Engineering by Prof. Nirmal Kumar Roy 10. Techniques of Measurements of Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Layered Nanomaterials for Applications in Photonics by Prof. Pathik Kumbhakar, S. Biswas, and A. K. Kole 11.TiO2 Nanowire-Based Optical Sensor by Dr. Aniruddha Mondal and Anupam Ghosh 12. Computation of Electromagnetic Bandgap in Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystal by Arpan Deyasi

The combination of laser and optoelectronics with optical fiber technology can enhance the seamless activities of fiber-optic communications and fiber-sensor arena. This book discusses foundations of laser technology, non-linear optics, laser and fiber-optic applications in telecommunication and sensing fields including fundamentals and recent developments in photonics technology. Accumulated chapters cover constituent materials, techniques of measurement of non-linear optical properties of nanomaterials, photonic crystals and pertinent applications in medical, high voltage engineering and, in optical computations and designing logic gates.