At today's Tuesday Topics in Kate Gleason Auditorium of the Bausch and Lomb Library Building, Paul Ballentine will present Photonics 1: the Science.

Photonics is the science of light generation, detection, and manipulation through emission, transmission, modulation, signal processing and amplification. Come hear a leader in the field demystify that definition and describe the potential of this scientific process to impact the way we live.

[source: Friends and Foundation of the Rochester Public Library website, 2016-Jan-7]