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- noun The study or application of electromagnetic energy whose basic unit is the photon, using technology such as optics, lasers and other light sources, fiber optics, electrical engineering, and materials science in numerous applications including communications, electrical engineering, materials science, and information storage and processing.
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- noun sciences the science and technology of generating and controlling
photons , particularly in thevisible andnear infrared light spectrum
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As its name indicates, biophotonics is a term that encompasses biology, the branch of natural sciences that studies the laws of life, and photonics, that is, the science and technology focusing on generating, manipulating and detecting photons, which are the quantum units of light.
Nano Tech Wire 2010
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SCI Engineered Materials, Inc. develops, commercializes technologies and manufactures ceramics and metals for advanced applications in the physical vapor deposition industry such as photonics, solar, thin film batteries, and semiconductors.
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SCI Engineered Materials, Inc. manufactures ceramics and metals for advanced applications such as photonics, thin film solar, thin film batteries, and semiconductors.
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Some novel devices and applications, in fields such as photonics
ebookshare 2009
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SPIE is an international non-profit society that was founded in 1955 to advance the technology of optics, photonics, and imaging engineering through information exchange, education, publications, and sponsorships.
Digital Preservation: SPIE to Preserve E-Books in Portico « ResourceShelf 2010
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New individual channels for hot subject areas–including nanotechnology, polymers, energy, electronics, photonics, surfaces, and more–let scientists focus on the stories most relevant to their research.
Scientists Save Even More Time Keeping Up-To-Date with the New MaterialsViews.com « ResourceShelf 2010
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Mario Paniccia, Intel's director of photonics research, noted the company still must perfect techniques for producing such components in high volumes.
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SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, was founded in 1955 to advance light-based technologies.
Professional Literature: e-Books Officially Launch as a Part of SPIE Digital Library « ResourceShelf 2010
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Mario Paniccia, director of Intel's photonics technology lab, called IBM's advance another sign of progress in the field.
IBM Researchers Claim Chip Advance Paul Glader 2010
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D. soon to receive his M.B.A. from the space program, said he had developed business skills on the job in 14 years at CVI Melles Griot, a photonics company where he is a general manager.
Beyond Rocket Science, a Space M.B.A. Beth Gardiner 2010
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