photonics
the study and technology of the use of light for the transmission of information.
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How to use photonics in a sentence
photonics hardware required for long-range light-based communications is rapidly shrinking, while improving signal quality.
Quantum Computing and Reinforcement Learning Are Joining Forces to Make Faster AI | Shelly Fan | March 16, 2021 | Singularity HubA paper published this week in the journal Nature photonics explained how.
British Dictionary definitions for photonics
/ (fəʊˈtɒnɪks) /
(functioning as singular) the study and design of devices and systems, such as optical fibres, that depend on the transmission, modulation, or amplification of streams of photons
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Scientific definitions for photonics
[ fō-tŏn′ĭks ]
The scientific study or application of electromagnetic energy whose basic unit is the photon, incorporating optics, laser technology, electrical engineering, materials science, and information storage and processing.
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