DocumentCode
1514550
Title
Optics and Photonics: Key Enabling Technologies
Author
Willner, Alan E. ; Byer, Robert L. ; Chang-Hasnain, Constance J. ; Forrest, Stephen R. ; Kressel, Henry ; Kogelnik, Herwig ; Tearney, Guillermo J. ; Townes, Charles H. ; Zervas, Michalis N.
Author_Institution
Department of Electrical Engineering-Systems, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Volume
100
fYear
2012
Firstpage
1604
Lastpage
1643
Abstract
The fields of optics and photonics have experienced dramatic technical advances over the past several decades and have cemented themselves as key enabling technologies across many different industries. This paper explores past milestones, present state of the art, and future perspectives of several different topics, including: lasers, materials, devices, communications, bioimaging, displays, manufacturing, and industry evolution.
Keywords
Optical fiber communication; Optical imaging; Optical transmitters; Photonics; Communications; devices; displays; imaging; lasers; manufacturing; materials; optics; photonics;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Proceedings of the IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9219
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JPROC.2012.2190174
Filename
6198390
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