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 inJournal of Advanced Science Vol. 20; no. 3+4; pp. 56 - 59
Main Author WAKAKI, Moriaki
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published Society of Advanced Science 2008
Subjects
Optical Engineering
Optical Science
Optics
Photonics
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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.
ISSN:0915-5651
1881-3917
DOI:10.2978/jsas.20.56