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Optics and photonics

Optics and photonics

A shining example

(Courtesy: iStock/Gregory_DUBUS)
23 Oct 2018
Taken from the October 2018 issue of Physics World, which celebrates 30 years of the world’s best physics magazine.

Since Physics World started, optics-based technologies have revolutionized the way we communicate. Jeff Hecht looks at how these methods have spread since their days in the lab

Optical communications and information processing were hot topics when Physics World made its debut

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Jeff Hecht is a freelance science writer based in Auburndale, Massachusetts, US, e-mail jeff@jeffhecht.com
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