Available from IntertechPira, the technology study “Advances in Photonics for Information and Communication” provides information on the developments in photonic materials and devices, including fiber grating and microstructured optical fibers, and on applications such as multimode fiber, metropolitan networks, and information storage and retrieval with blue and red lasers. Future trends in photonics also are discussed, including the improvements in bandwidth, in high-speed optical switches and in emerging materials, such as metamaterials. Photonics manufacturing processes are described, and a list of suppliers and users in the field is included. The price of the report is $556.57.