Development of optics and photonics
Optics is the oldest field of research togather with Mechanics. Our civilization has been changed drastically at the bigining of 20th century by the establishment of quantum theory, which was stimulated by the finding of the idear of photon in place of electromagnetic wave. The development of Optics...
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Published in | Journal of Advanced Science Vol. 20; no. 3+4; pp. 56 - 59 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | Japanese |
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Society of Advanced Science
2008
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Summary: | Optics is the oldest field of research togather with Mechanics. Our civilization has been changed drastically at the bigining of 20th century by the establishment of quantum theory, which was stimulated by the finding of the idear of photon in place of electromagnetic wave. The development of Optics and Photonics is reviewed relating with the development of optical science and engineering. |
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ISSN: | 0915-5651 1881-3917 |
DOI: | 10.2978/jsas.20.56 |