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Highlighting photonics: looking into the next decade
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Let there be light–to change the world we want to be! Over the past several decades, and ever since the birth of the first laser, mankind has witnessed the development of the science of light, as light-based technologies have revolutionarily changed our lives. Needless to say, photonics has now penetrated into many aspects of science and technology, turning into an important and dynamically changing field of increasing interdisciplinary interest. In this inaugural issue of eLight, we highlight a few emerging trends in photonics that we think are likely to have major impact at least in the upcoming decade, spanning from integrated quantum photonics and quantum computing, through topological/non-Hermitian photonics and topological insulator lasers, to AI-empowered nanophotonics and photonic machine learning. This Perspective is by no means an attempt to summarize all the latest advances in photonics, yet we wish our subjective vision could fuel inspiration and foster excitement in scientific research especially for young researchers who love the science of light.
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- Chen, Z., & Segev, M.
- Venue
- eLight
- Published
- 2021-06-08
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 1
- ISSN
- 2097-1710 (ISSN-L)
- 2662-8643
- OpenAlex
- W3171489384
- Cited by
- 320
- References
- 172
- FWCI
- 19.59
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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