Optical Sensing： the Last Frontier for Enabling Intelligence in Our Wired up World and Beyond

作     者：John CANNING 

作者机构：Interdisciplinary Photonics Laboratories (iPL) School of Chemistry 222 Madsen Building F09 The University ofSydney NSW 2006 Australia 

出 版 物：《Photonic Sensors》 (光子传感器（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2012年第2卷第3期

页      面：193-202页

核心收录：

学科分类：12[管理学] 1201[管理学-管理科学与工程(可授管理学、工学学位)] 0808[工学-电气工程] 0809[工学-电子科学与技术（可授工学、理学学位）] 08[工学] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程（可授工学、理学学位）] 0803[工学-光学工程] 081201[工学-计算机系统结构] 0702[理学-物理学] 0812[工学-计算机科学与技术（可授工学、理学学位）] 

主　　题：Optical sensors galactic village global village wireless smartphones science fiction energy medical biodiagnostics education students optical fiber 

摘      要：Consigned to the shadows of telecommunications, optical sensing has often taken a back seat in a young person＇s mind when considering the importance of photonics, or optics, to the advancement of the society and of knowledge. Here, I touch on briefly how broad optical sensing and sensing generally has become and how and why it is becoming the catalyst for the convergence of many technologies and in the process raising significant philosophical questions about the transformation of our society and indeed ourselves. In doing so I touch on many of the complexities in real life that influence the breakthroughs we see today, including a healthy speculation and critique on our society and an awareness of the motivations to improve it that drive many of them.