Photonics which combines the properties of photons with the capabilities of electronics, is an essential technology for the information age. In fact, it is said Photonics may be the most significant new technology since semiconductors. Two major candidates in photonics are fibre optics and laser technology. Laser and optical fibre have become all pervasive in communication, storage, sensing and processing of information. Photonics communication technology has established itself as the only solution in the future needs of information age.
In the area of relatively less important technologies viz, instrumentation for precision measurements of physical parameter and in medical equipment, optical fibre and lasers are showing their wide spread applications. Lasers, when used as coherent source, help in spatial filtering and other image processing applications such as, finger print identification, pattern recognition and the like. Besides , applications exist in photography, bar code readers, compact discs, laser printer, materials processing spectroscopy, scientific studies, laser fusion, weapons high-definition television, flat-panel display and illumination technology.
As a consequence of this change in industrial scenario, great demand of trained technical manpower has been felt. We need to have teachers, engineers, planners and more importantly supporting technicians trained in these emerging areas of fibre optics and laser. The recent modifications in course curricula in engineering colleges and particularly in polytechnics have taken care of this trend in developments and have introduced elements of fibre optics and laser in the course curricula. This subject has already been included in engineering education in the discipline named Electronics and in the discipline of Electronics & Telecommunication in Diploma Engineering Education.
ESCUDERO VILLA
PHOTO GALLERY (Trainings)