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SAN JOSE, Calif., Monday, Oct. 12, 2009 – Two or three of the contestants tricked out their tiny solar-powered cars, hoping to gain an advantage in speed and thus edge out the competition. They introduced, for example, magnifying sheets and complicated gear assemblages. Gabrielle Theriault and Veronique Zambon, both of Université Laval, show off their entry in the First International OSA student chapter Solar Mini-Car Competition. (Photonics Media photos by Gary Boas) Gabrielle Theriault, an optics and photonics student at Université Laval in Quebec City, eyed these cars and slowly shook her head. Such retrofits were...Read full article

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    Published: October 2009
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    The technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The science includes light emission, transmission, deflection, amplification and detection by optical components and instruments, lasers and other light sources, fiber optics, electro-optical instrumentation, related hardware and electronics, and sophisticated systems. The range of applications of photonics extends from energy generation to detection to communications and...
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