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What is Photonics?
Photonics: The science of Light, the science of Lasers and the science of Optics!
Photonics is an Enabling Technology
Enabling technologies are behind the technologies we are familiar with - they make the development of many new technologies across diverse fields and disciplines possible. Photonics is a great example of an enabling technology. Laser Classroom was created to inpire teaching and learning about the science of lasers, the science of light and the science of optics that make up the field of photonics.
The future of light is exceedingly bright!
Thank you to Ray Williamson of Ray Williamson Consulting for this guest post on why teaching students about light, lasers, photonics and optics is a gift.
Can STEM expand the curriculum?
An article in US News last week makes an interesting observation: while computer scientists are in high demand and computer science is an engaging and pedagogically rich subject area - only 9 states allow a computer science course to meet core math / science requirements for graduation.
Thinking in the long term: Licensing STEM research?
Research institutions are great at creating, but dissemination—marketing and sales—is just not what they do in the long term. What if there were a better system to transfer knowledge and help those research-based findings and products make it out there into the world?
"The Physics of LASERs": A free intro to lasers from the American Physical Society
We were so happy to discover The Physics of LASERs, a free, ready-to-implement lesson produced at the American Physical Society as part of LaserFest. Including both a comprehensive teacher’s edition as well as a student edition, this downloadable resource makes the complicated science of lasers engaging and accessible.
The Future of Photonics Is Bright!
Why photonics? Why did we at LASER Classroom choose to answer the call for integrated STEM education through light, lasers, photonics, and optics? Because the field is burgeoning, naturally integrated, and—in spite of its literally bright future—largely hidden.
