Career pathways and ladders for photonics technicians

Arthur H. Guenther; Daniel M. Hull

doi:10.1117/12.2207678

24 October 2005 Career pathways and ladders for photonics technicians

Arthur H. Guenther, Daniel M. Hull

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Proceedings Volume 9664, Ninth International Topical Meeting on Education and Training in Optics and Photonics; 96641V (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2207678
Event: Ninth International Topical Meeting on Education and Training in Optics and Photonics, 2005, Marseille, France

Abstract

Since operational lasers were first demonstrated in 1960, the field of laser/electro-optics has become an indispensable, rapidly expanding component of modern industry. With the emergence of numerous medical and telecommunication applications in the 1980s, including fiber-optics, the field of laser/electro-optics evolved into photonics, a broad field encompassing optoelectronics, micro-optics, lasers, digital imaging, spectroscopy, optical instruments, and optical systems. Today photonics is not only a technology field in and of itself but is also an enabler of nearly every other technology field, including microtechnology, measurement and materials processing, remote sensing, photolithography for semiconductors, nanotechnology, electro-optics displays and imaging, and national defense.

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Arthur H. Guenther and Daniel M. Hull "Career pathways and ladders for photonics technicians", Proc. SPIE 9664, Ninth International Topical Meeting on Education and Training in Optics and Photonics, 96641V (24 October 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2207678

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