Introduction

摘要

Whether you are a confirmed scientist or a student, an academic, or working for a company, you will find in these proceedings of the nineteenth Photonics West conference on "Integrated Optics: Devices, Materials, and Technology" a picture of this still evolving, dynamic and exciting field. This year's conference once again reflected that aspect by its diversity in applications, from communications to sensing, as well as in technologies and materials, including not only silicon photonics, but for instance also glass and polymer technologies. Indeed, we believe that the cross-fertilization of ideas is one of the keys to major breakthroughs in science!