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The part below has been removed from the main "Photonic page" I think it is not proper to mix content with creators' and editors' names.

1 Researchers in photonics
2 The "other" photonics
3 University programs in photonics
4 Photonic Clocking

[edit] Researchers in photonics

Sajeev John
Eli Yablonovitch
K.M. Ho
C.T. Chan
C.M. Soukoulis
John Joannopoulos
Yoel Fink
Cyrus Cantrell
Sergiusz Patela

--Sergiusz 22:00, 10 Apr 2004 (UTC)

[edit] The "other" photonics

In science land we define photonics by the band structure of light that is created basically by very tiny regular arrays of holes on the size scale of the wavelength of the incident light. In fact opalescence is a well known photonic phenomenon that (in nature) is the result of tiny regular arrays of spheres that cause different wavelngths of light at different angles and polarizations to refract non uniformly... At any rate the result is the photon analog of an electronic band structure which is where the term "photonic" comes from. I think this entry needs to include this definition of photonics as, from my point of view, it is far more common than the definition provided. I am definitely not the person to write such an entry though as I know very little about photonics. Fearofcarpet 17:48, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I think you are confusing the noun "photonics" with the adjective "photonic", as in "photonic crystals" and "photonic bandgap". Most applications of photonic phenomena fall into the field of photonics, but the field is broader than that. Photonic crystals already have their own page, and it is linked to from this page.--Srleffler 06:39, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] University programs in photonics

Please note that this is a photonics’ page. Please provide links to photonics program descriptions, curricula etc. Links to university home pages or laboratory staff listing are not relevant here. --Sergiusz 20:44, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

I have removed the list of university programs in photonics, per the policy that Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. If Photonics were a rare discipline, it would be relevant to list the few schools that have programs in it. It is clear from the size of the list, though, that this is not the case. Articles on subjects should not generally contain a list of universities where that subject is taught. Such a directory is best hosted elsewhere.--Srleffler 00:52, 18 April 2006 (UTC)