Nano-photonics: past and present

Harold Szu

doi:10.1117/12.855069

12 April 2010 Nano-photonics: past and present

Harold Szu

Proceedings Volume 7703, Independent Component Analyses, Wavelets, Neural Networks, Biosystems, and Nanoengineering VIII; 77030J (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.855069
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2010, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Nanotech is at the scale of 10^-9 meters, located at the mesocopic transition phase, which can take both classical mechanics (CM) and quantum mechanics (QM) descriptions bridging ten orders of magnitude phenomena, between the microscopic world of a single atom at 10^-10 meters with the macroscopic world at meters. However, QM principles aid the understanding of any unusual property at the nanotech level. The other major difference between nano-photonics and other forms of optics is that the nano-scale is not very 'hands on'. For the most part, we will not be able to see the components with our naked eyes, but will be required to use some nanotech imaging tools, as follows:

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Harold Szu "Nano-photonics: past and present", Proc. SPIE 7703, Independent Component Analyses, Wavelets, Neural Networks, Biosystems, and Nanoengineering VIII, 77030J (12 April 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.855069

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