New generation smart materials for the photonics industry

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Over the last few decades, the world has experienced an electro-optical revolution: digital light displays that light up car dashboards, mobile phones and stereo sound systems; fluorescent and phosphorescent screens, for example in portable computers; underwater lighting-equipment and night-working apparatus; optical switches and shock-wave triggers for use within electronic circuitry itself. The optoelectronic and photonics industry was estimated to be worth $236 million on the world market in 2004, and is expected to exceed $1 trillion by 2015. Consequently, there is a clear need for major research and development in this area.