Harnessing Light:

Optical Science and Engineering for the 21st Century

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Size: 360 pages, 7 x 10

Publication Year:1998

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Committee on Optical Science and Engineering, National Research Council
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Optical science and engineering affect almost every aspect of our lives. Millions of miles of optical fiber carry voice and data signals around the world. Lasers are used in surgery of the retina, kidneys, and heart. New high-efficiency light sources ...
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Front Matter	i-xviii
Executive Summary	1-4	(skim)
Overview	5-28	(skim)
1 Optics in Information Technology and Telecommunications	29-82	(skim)
2 Optics in Health Care and the Life Sciences	83-124	(skim)
3 Optical Sensing, Lighting, and Energy	125-168	(skim)
4 Optics in National Defense	169-194	(skim)
5 Optics in Industrial Manufacturing	195-234	(skim)
6 Manufacturing Optical Components and Systems	235-274	(skim)
7 Optics Research and Education	275-318	(skim)
Appendix A: Collected Recommendations	319-330	(skim)
Appendix B: Workshop Participants	331-339	(skim)

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Optical science and engineering affect almost every aspect of our lives. Millions of miles of optical fiber carry voice and data signals around the world. Lasers are used in surgery of the retina, kidneys, and heart. New high-efficiency light sources promise dramatic reductions in electricity consumption. Night-vision equipment and satellite surveillance are changing how wars are fought. Industry uses optical methods in everything from the production of computer chips to the construction of tunnels. Harnessing Light surveys this multitude of applications, as well as the status of the optics industry and of research and education in optics, and identifies actions that could enhance the field's contributions to society and facilitate its continued technical development.

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NOTES

"Preserving the Miracle of Sight: Lasers and Eye Surgery" from the Beyond Discovery series

"Modern Communication" from the Beyond Discovery series