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Technology, Industry, and Agriculture > Engineering > Optics and Photonics
Natural Science Disciplines > Physics > Optics and Photonics

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Optics and Photonics  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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  • Photonics

Note

  • the discipline (education, history, etc) only; use OPTICAL PHENOMENA or specifics treed under it for processes and properties of light and materials interacting with light

Scope note

  • A specialized field of physics and engineering involved in studying the behavior and properties of light and the technology of analyzing, generating, transmitting, and manipulating ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION in the visible, infrared, and ultraviolet range.

History note

  • 2009

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D055095

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