What Is Photonics and How Does It Involve Manipulating Photons?

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Start date Feb 17, 2010
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Feb 17, 2010

jwxie

I have read a lot of articles on photonics, but this field is very board.

How would you classify what photonics is?

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Claude Bile

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Photonics is the science of light, of manipulating photons (much how electronics is the science of manipulating electrons).

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