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Photonics<\/h1>
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Photonics is the science that focuses on the interaction between light and matter, and on the technologies that enable its generation, transmission, detection and control. It enables innovative solutions across a wide range of industrial, medical and scientific applications.\r\n<\/br>\r\n<\/br>\r\nHEF Photonics combines expertise in precision optics, specialty glass, photolithography and advanced optical coatings to support customers from R&D to volume production.<\/p>\n Contact our experts<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n<\/section>\n\n

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Light on a technology of the future<\/h2>\n
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Electronics is based on the control of electrons, while photonics focuses on the generation, propagation and detection of light using photons<\/strong> \u2013 the elementary particles of light first described by Albert Einstein at the beginning of the 20th century.<\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>Optics studies the propagation of light through different media<\/strong> such as air, glass and vacuum. For centuries, it has been the source of major innovations, from telescopes and microscopes to everyday optical devices such as glasses and camera lenses.<\/p>\n

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Building on these principles, photonics goes one step further by enabling light to be generated, manipulated and detected with exceptional precision<\/strong>, paving the way for advanced solutions for today\u2019s industrial, scientific and medical applications<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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