Why Photonics?

This is the Century of Photonics, the technology replacing electronics as the key enabler of human ingenuity.

Photonics offers new solutions in speed, capacity and accuracy in areas where conventional technologies have approached their limits. Photonic technologies are revolutionizing science, medicine, manufacturing and other industries, helping to make us healthier, safer and more connected.

What is Photonics?

Photonics powers the cutting-edge use of lasers, optics, fiber-optics, and electro-optical devices that are revolutionising industries worldwide, from health care to aerospace. Derived from the Greek word “phos” (meaning light), Photonics is the technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon.