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What's Photonics?
Supermarket check-out scanners, laser eye surgery (or laser tag!), night vision, "smart" missiles, fibre-optic cable for high speed Internet access...they're all part of photonics, a field that's changing faster than the speed of light!
Almost every single industry, business, or household in the Western world is affected by photonics. But what is it, exactly?