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This course is essentially as continuation of 520.403 course “Introduction to Optical Instruments” and it picks where that course ends. The course starts with deeper exploration of light propagation in dispersive and anisotropic media and goes on to study of polarization optics. Then electro-optic and acousto-optic effects and devices based on them are studied. A short review of nonlinear optics includes frequency conversion, multiphoton absorption, Raman and Brillouin scattering. Then we study light propagation in waveguides, starting with coupled mode theory. Integrated devices include modulators, filters, multiplexers-demultiplexers, and others. The last section of the course includes advanced concepts, such as plasmonics, metasurfaces, and Fourier Optics.