The proceedings reflect the Twelfth International Conference on Defects in Insulating Materials, covering topics on point defects and extended defects including theory and computer simulation in various insulating materials, as well as applications in laser physics, imaging, data storage and radioactive waste disposal.
Ion implanted waveguide lasers, P.D. Townsend; optical properties of the excited states of off-centre defects, A. Scacco; comparatives studies of defect clustering in ionic crystals by dielectric and magnetic spectroscopies, E. Laredo; the polarizable point ion model-a sound physical approach to point defect calculations, Y.V.G.S. Murti; excitons in restricted geometry, H. Kanzaki; quantum chemical simulation of self-trapped excitons in insulating solids, A. Shluger and V. Puchin; self-consistent cluster embedding for defects in ionic materials, A.H. Harker; radiation induced electrical degradation in fusion insulators, a field effect on the F-centre production mechanism, E.R. Hodgson; storage of nuclear waste in salt mines: radiation damage of NaCI, H.W.D. Hartog et al; defects in photorefractive materials: a review of some new developments, O.F. Schirmer. (Part contents).