the.com/photonics
electronics, but you swapped sluggish electrons for light itself.
means the science and technology of generating, controlling, and detecting light to move information or energy, the way electronics does with electrons.
from coined mid-20th century by analogy with electronics, once lasers and fiber optics made light as controllable and useful as current.
speed advantagelight carries data with almost zero heat loss
everyday hostyour internet crosses oceans as pulses of light
medical usepowers lasik, endoscopes, and cancer-detecting scanners
chip frontierphotonic chips may replace copper wires in computers