• 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