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Photonics for the New Era
As the International Year of Light comes to a close, OSA Member Tuan Vo-Dinh reflects on how light-based technologies are empowering the developing world.
A solar-powered water purification machine called SunSpring provides clean water to people in Haiti. [Innovative Water Technologies Inc.]
Photonics has triggered a revolution in global communications that is connecting our entire planet—and it will play an even bigger role as we move into the 21st century. New light-based technologies will not only benefit developed nations, they will also act as an equalizing force between these countries and the developing world.
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