The technology that uses light particles (photons) to carry information over hair-thin fibres of very pure glass.
the use of particles of light to communicate, store and process information, including optical fibre networks
The technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The science includes light emission, transmission, deflection, amplification and detection by optical components and instruments, lasers and other light sources, fiber optics, electro-optical instrumentation, related hardware and electronics, and sophisticated systems. The range of applications of photonics extends from energy generation to detection to communications and information processing. Learn more about Photonics...
Technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The range of applications of photonics extends from energy generation, modulation and detection, and from information storage, processing and communications. Photonics incorporates the fields of optics, electrical engineering, physics, chemistry and materials science.
The technology for generating and using light or other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. This includes light emission, transmission, deflection, amplification and detection by optical components and modules.
The science of photons, or light. Optical networks will be the hallmark of the broadband era.
The technology involving light and photons at all wavelengths between the far-infrared and the ultra-violet. Also called "Optoelectronics".
Using rapid pulses of light to transmit data. Photonics underlie much of modern telecommunications and enable experiments in optical computing.
Photonics is the science and technology of generating, controlling, and detecting photons, particularly in the visible light and near infra-red spectrum. Photonics as a science is closely related to quantum optics and optoelectronics with somewhat unclear boundaries. "Quantum optics" often means fundamental research, and "photonics" often means more application-related research.