【摘要】 2013年12月20日联合国第六十八届会议决定将2015年设定为光和光基技术国际年,简称2015国际光年.本文围绕国际光年举办周年纪念的光科学历史上的一系列里程碑式的重要成就,在国际光年之际对光学千年的发展进行回顾.文中除尽可能全面地列出光学发展道路上的重要事件外,还力图从物理学的视角给光学一个概貌式的观察.本文包括3个部分:1.国际光年周年纪念的千年中的光学重要成就;2.光学的现代发展和光子学;3.光学的技术应用.更多还原

【Abstract】 On 20 December 2013,the UN General Assembly 68 th Session proclaimed 2015 as the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies(IYL 2015).Based on the anniversaries of a series of important milestones in the history of the science of light which held in International Year of Light,this paper makes a survey of light science in the last millennium.Apart from providing a comprehensive list of important events,this paper also gives an overview of optics from a physics perspective of observation.Three main aspects included in this paper are:1.The anniversaries of a series of important milestones in the history of the science of light;2.Modern development of optical science and photonics;3.Applications of optics.更多还原