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Visualizing flexible networks; adaptive optics and laser eye surgery; optofluidics.
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“Future fiber communication will widen the technological horizon in … wavelength/frequency, time, and space. Current technologies used in optical communication address only time issues. As optical communications move forward, optical transmission, which includes switching, signal processing, terminals and so forth, will become more significant. Networks will become more flexible because of corresponding issues shared by optical loop and optical trunk networks … A smart combination of Photonics Through the Network and micro-electronics will result in a fruitful information age.”
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