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International Day of Light 2019 Focuses on Youth and Education

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PARIS, May 13, 2019 — From Indonesia to Sweden, educating children on the importance of photonics will be a major goal of International Day of Light on May 16, thereby promoting science education among young people. In the second annual event marking the anniversary of the first successful operation of the laser in 1960 by physicist and engineer Theodore Maiman, International Day of Light 2019 will feature activities to educate young people from the elementary level to college. UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization headquartered in Paris, describes light as an...Read full article

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    Published: May 2019
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    photonics
    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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