More than Skin Deep: Photonics Protects Our Cultural Heritage
For hundreds of years, analysis trumped preservation when it came to irreplaceable cultural heritage objects such as paintings, icons, and written works. Today, conservators avoid taking even tiny samples from works of priceless art, making photonics technology an invaluable addition to cultural heritage research. By delivering technology similar to that used for revealing forged documents or currency, photonics is helping art historians to classify objects or paintings as either genuine and...
Photonics Spectra, August 2022