photonics

[ foh-ton-iks ]

noun(used with a singular verb)
  1. the study and technology of the use of light for the transmission of information.

Origin of photonics

1
1950–55; see photonic, -ics; perhaps on the model of electronics

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British Dictionary definitions for photonics

photonics

/ (fəʊˈtɒnɪks) /


noun
  1. (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

photonics

[ fō-tŏnĭks ]


  1. 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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