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The power of the photon

Nature Photonics volume 1, pages 80–81 (2007)Cite this article

For over 50 years, Teruo Hiruma, the president of the Japanese firm Hamamatsu Photonics, has been striving to make photonics a practical technology that can benefit society and industry. Oliver Graydon spoke to him about the challenges the firm faced in its early days and his opinions on the future.

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Graydon, O. The power of the photon. Nature Photon 1, 80–81 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2006.87

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