What Is Photonics?
The recipient of a Ph.D. from Wesleyan University in Connecticut, Andrew Kortyna is a research associate of the Joint Institute of Laboratory Astrophysics/University of Colorado Boulder. Having experience in teaching, computer coding, electronic control circuit repair and development, photonics, and development of scientific instrumentation, Andrew Kortyna has supervised post-doctoral research assistants and students and has developed software for computation, data analysis, and simulation.
Photonics, a technology that harnesses and generates light and many other forms of electromagnetic energy that have photons as their smallest unit, has been used to convert energy and transmit information. Involving the use of lasers, fiber-optics, optically active materials, and electro-optical devices in various fields of technology, photonics has a wide range of applications. Photonics has applications in agriculture, biomedicine, information technology, communications, navigation, alternative energy, and many more areas. For example, in biomedicine, surgeries involving the use of lasers and photodynamic therapies are some important applications of photonics.
Globally, engineers, scientists, and technicians perform advanced research surrounding the area of photonics. In a broad sense, photonics deals with the study and use of electromagnetic waves. DVD players, barcode scanners, infrared cameras, laser shows, holography, and many more rely on the technology.
Photonics, a technology that harnesses and generates light and many other forms of electromagnetic energy that have photons as their smallest unit, has been used to convert energy and transmit information. Involving the use of lasers, fiber-optics, optically active materials, and electro-optical devices in various fields of technology, photonics has a wide range of applications. Photonics has applications in agriculture, biomedicine, information technology, communications, navigation, alternative energy, and many more areas. For example, in biomedicine, surgeries involving the use of lasers and photodynamic therapies are some important applications of photonics.
Globally, engineers, scientists, and technicians perform advanced research surrounding the area of photonics. In a broad sense, photonics deals with the study and use of electromagnetic waves. DVD players, barcode scanners, infrared cameras, laser shows, holography, and many more rely on the technology.
