Photonic Tools

Photonic Tools

Book: Introducing Photonics

Author(s): Brian Culshaw

Published: 2020

https://doi.org/10.1117/3.2582796.ch5

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Abstract

In this chapter we look briefly at some of the many applications which are enabled through photonics, ranging from photo-therapies to intercontinental communications. The majority of these applications rely upon extracting an optical signal from various forms of background noise, which is where we start.