EDITOR COLUMN

Abstract

Agreeing with the motto of the Shvabe holding of the Rostec State Corporation “Photonics: electronics of the future”, we can say that we are at the very beginning of the photon revolution, although photonic devices have been around us for a long time. Light-emitting diodes or laser diodes are light, compact, cheap, durable and long-lived devices, generate less heat and require less energy than traditional light sources.

At the start of the era of photonics, Russian scientists were among the pioneers: our primacy in quantum electronics and laser technology is undeniable, and the term photonics itself was proposed in Russia. And today we need to restore positions