Grigori B. Altshuler, Brian J. Thompson, chairs/editors ; organized by PIFMO--St. Petersburg Institute of Fine Mechanics and Optics ; cosponsored by ICO--International Commission for Optics, OSA--Optical Society of America, SPIE/SU--the International Society for Optical Engineering Soviet Chapter ; in collaboration with D.S. Rozhdestvensky All-Union Optical Society (USSR)