Enabling data collection on air quality, traffic, or water levels for improved resource management, are examples of photonics applications in smart cities.
Photonics plays a significant role in sustainability by enhancing lighting efficiency, water purification, environmental sensing, and medical diagnostics.
Instruments and sensors prototyping is the process of developing and building experimental devices and sensor systems to test and validate their design, functionality and performance.
Biological systems can be studied by combining biology, physics, and engineering to learn about their interaction with light. This interdisciplinary field is called Biophotonics.