Ultraviolet (UV) light has higher energy photons than visible light and, thus, has more applications. Researchers have now developed a brilliant innovation -- a solid-state material that can stably ...

Light has the characteristics of both a wave and a particle. Figure 1 shows the wavelengths of red and blue light. The distance between the peaks of the wave is measured in nanometers (nm). As that ...

Single-photon sources (SPSs) have attracted a great deal of attention in the past two decades. One of the common methods to generate single photons is based on parametric downconversion in nonlinear ...

1. Photons can produce shock waves in water or air, similar to sonic booms. Nothing can travel faster than the speed of light in a vacuum. However, light slows down in air, water, glass and other ...

Interferometers are widely used in various high spatial resolution imaging techniques to extend the diffraction limit. However, the conventional interferometric methods only work when the photons have ...

(Nanowerk News) Quantum dots are one of the most prominent and promising candidates as non-classical light sources applied in quantum information technology. They have been proven to be able to emit ...

All the early quantum computing work was done with light. Light is very easy to manipulate: a few mirrors, crystals, and light detectors and you to can have your very own quantum computer. Over the ...

The importance of solar power as a renewable energy resource is increasing. Sunlight contains high-energy UV light with a wavelength shorter than 400 nm, which can be broadly used, for example, for ...