Exclusive: Science and Technology Review in 2021

Memorable sounds in the optics and photonics in 2021

  • LU Zhantao ,
  • LI Linjun ,
  • QIU Lijuan ,
  • XIE Xinglong ,
  • ZHU Jianqiang
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  • National Laboratory on High Power Laser and Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China

Received date: 2021-12-03

  Revised date: 2021-12-28

  Online published: 2022-02-18

Abstract

Since the birth of laser, optics and photonics have penetrated into all aspects of people's life. This article reviews the 2021 major progress in the field of optics and photonics and draws up an inventory of fifteen optical research directions, in which the related research may likely have enormous impact on human existence and way of life in the future.

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LU Zhantao , LI Linjun , QIU Lijuan , XIE Xinglong , ZHU Jianqiang . Memorable sounds in the optics and photonics in 2021[J]. Science & Technology Review, 2022 , 40(1) : 25 -51 . DOI: 10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2022.01.002

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