Top 20 photonics innovations of 2012 light the way to future advances

摘要

Senior editor John Wallace talks the tops in photonics, bringing you his picks for the twenty most interesting technology developments covered by Laser Focus World in 2012. In most cases, there is no objective "best" in the world of technology. Microsoft Windows, Apple OS X, and Linux (not to mention iOS and Android) all have their own fans, while in the world of photonics, an optical design engineer will likely get excited about something different than will a laser scientist. This 2012 Tech Review article takes the form of a "top 20" list of especially interesting items (across all of the categories we cover) that appeared this past year in Laser Focus World; these are one editor's picks, and we encourage you to take a look back through our last 12 issues to revisit your own favorites.