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.