Photonics

Introduction: Microwave Photonics, the fusion of microwave and optical technologies, is revolutionizing the field of military communications, radars, and electronic warfare systems. With its unique capabilities and versatility, Microwave Photonics offers the potential for spectrum dominance, providing the armed forces with advanced capabilities for communication, surveillance, and electronic countermeasures. In …

Introduction: Optical gyroscopes, including fiber-optic gyroscopes (FOG) and ring laser gyroscopes (RLG), are at the forefront of revolutionizing guidance, navigation, and control systems in the fields of aviation, defense, and space exploration. These remarkable technologies have transformed the way we navigate, control, and stabilize various platforms such as aircraft, missiles, …

A photonic integrated circuit (PIC) or integrated optical circuit is a device that integrates multiple (at least two) photonic functions and as such is similar to an electronic integrated circuit. The major difference between the two is that a photonic integrated circuit provides functions for information signals imposed on optical …

Quantum cryptography is a hardware-based approach, which uses the properties of quantum mechanics such as quantum entanglement, and the no-cloning theory to secure data. Quantum cryptography solves the problem of key distribution by allowing the exchange of a cryptographic key between two remote parties with absolute security, guaranteed by the fundamental …

The process of detecting light—whether with our eyes, cameras or other devices—is at the heart of a wide range of civilian and military applications, including light or laser detection and ranging (LIDAR or LADAR), photography, astronomy, quantum information processing, medical imaging, microscopy and communications. Light is also being used in …