Second International Conference on Trends in Quantum Electronics, Bucharest, September 2–6,1985

A brief review is given of the papers presented at the Second International Conference on Trends in Quantum Electronics, which was held in Bucharest on September 2–6, 1985. The Conference was divided into the following sessions: lasers; nonlinear effects; studies of surfaces by laser radiation; quantum optics, coherence, and optical diagnostics; optical processing of signals and images; physics of fiber-optic waveguides and optical communication; resonant interaction of laser radiation with matter; technological and other industrial applications of lasers; lasers in medicine.