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Optics and Photonics

"Optics and Photonics" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A specialized field of physics and engineering involved in studying the behavior and properties of light and the technology of analyzing, generating, transmitting, and manipulating ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION in the visible, infrared, and ultraviolet range.


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Bar chart showing 21 publications over 14 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2003 and 2005 and 2007 and 2009 and 2012 and 2013 and 2018
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