What are some of the greatest, newest technologies in photonics?

Question

Hi. I'm doing a report on the newest technologies in photonics and I'm having a hard time looking for "four astonighing innovations" of that field. kindly help. thanks.

Answer 1

It's great that you're so interested in photonics. I think it really is at the forefront of physics today.

I think the major new application here is silicon photonics, currently being researched by intel. I believe this will revolutionise computing by making computers, smaller, more powerful, and far more energy efficient than they are now.

As for some others, I would state photonics in the use of the following:

precision optical testing equipment

defence and security applications (photonics are used in the latest high-end security systems)

biomedical applications (there is ongoing research into optoelectronics and photonics for uses in medical scanning)

Those are the four I'd state.