photonics
photonics,
the science and technology based on and concerned with the controlled flow of photonsphoton, the particle composing light and other forms of electromagnetic radiation, sometimes called light quantum. The photon has no charge and no mass. About the beginning of the 20th cent.
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science and technology based on and concerned with the controlled flow of electrons or other carriers of electric charge, especially in semiconductor devices. It is one of the principal branches of electrical engineering.
..... Click the link for more information. , and the two technologies coexist in such innovations as optoelectronic integrated circuits. Photonic applications include data storage (using optical disksoptical disk,
any of a variety of information storage disks that are played or read using a laser. Optical disks include compact discs (CDs and CD-ROMs), laser discs (see videodisc), and digital versatile discs (or digital video discs; DVDs and DVD-ROMs).
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transmission of digitized messages or information by light pulses along hair-thin glass or plastic fibers. Each fiber is surrounded by a cladding having a high index of refractance so that the light is internally reflected and travels the length of the fiber
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photonics
[fō′tän·iks]photonics
The science of generating and transmitting light (photons). Photonics deals with light starting in the infrared range, through visible light to ultraviolet light at the highest frequency. Most photonic systems use electricity and electronic circuits as their source of energy. See optoelectronics, silicon photonics and spectrum. |
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| Photonics was predicted to become mainstream by 2005, as this article from PC Magazine in 1995 forecast. Light-based computers have yet to materialize; however, today's PCs have long exceeded these storage and RAM projections. |
photonics
photonics
PHOTONICS
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