Photonics

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. the science and technology of generating and controlling photons, particularly in the visible and near infrared light spectrum
  • Word Usage
    "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."