A must read . . . . . . for new investors and an encouraging one for longs. The title is exciting enough!
Optics and Photonics, Essential Technologies for Our Nation
It makes the case that optics and photonics is an all-important persuit impacting literally all of the areas listed in OPEL's corporate presentation.
Here's the summary link:
spie.org/Documents/AboutSPIE/PDF/HLII-OpticsandPhotonics.pdf
The formatting is a pain in the butt, but it's excellent. If you want more detail here's the site I got it from:
https://spie.org/x88993.xml
Here's a sample of the info found inside:
"Traditionally, optical technologies have been used for long-distance communications and more recently in local communication like the optical mouse. In the future they will also be used for micro distances, including chip-to-chip and on-chip interconnects, reducing chip size, increasing speed, and reducing the energy consumption for data processing and transmission."
"The company/nation that finds a cost-effective consolidation technology—photonic integration—will achieve higher production volumes and gain substantial advantage over competitors."
"Grand Challenge: develop a seamless integration of photonics and electronics components, as a mainstream platform for low-cost fabrication and packaging of systems on a chip."
Sound like anyone we know?:)