The term "Socio-optics" (as a natural part of Socio-physics), is rather not found in literature or at Congresses.
In Optics books, there are not made references to optical models applied to explain social phenomena, in spite of Optics
relying on the duality particle-wave which seems convenient to model relationships among society and its members.
The authors, who have developed a few models applied to explain social phenomena based on knowledge in
Optics, along with a few other models applying, in Social Sciences, knowledge from other branches of Physics, give
their own examples of such optical models, f. e., of relationships among social groups and their sub-groups, by using
kowledge from partially coherent optical phenomena or to explain by tunnel effect, the apparently impossible
penetration of social barriers by individuals. They consider that the term "Socio-optics" may come to life.
There is mentioned the authors' expertise in stimulating Socio-optics approach by systematically asking
students taken courses in Optics to find applications of the newly got Wave and Photon Optics knowledge, to model
social and even everyday life phenomena, eventually engaging in such activities other possibly interested colleagues.
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