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- Flip-Chip Integration of a GaSb Semiconductor Optical Amplifier W Si Photonics https://semiengineering.com/flip-chip-integration-of-a-gasb-semiconductor-optical-amplifier-with-a-silicon-photonic-circuit/ 3 comments
- Breaking max efficiency of solar cells by activating 2 electrons with 1 photon http://news.mit.edu/2019/increase-solar-cell-output-photon-2-electron-0703 133 comments
- Can a Human See a Single Photon? (1996) http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Quantum/see_a_photon.html 91 comments
- How do "super-photons" interact with normal matter? What are the applications of their discovery? http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-11-german-physicists-super-photon.html 6 comments askscience
- Beetle's scales found to contain an ideal photonic-crystal structure for visible light--a type of material that optical scientists have been seeking for years. http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/20840/?a=f 15 comments science
- Deflection of electromagnetic waves by pseudogravity in distorted photonic crystals https://journals.aps.org/pra/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevA.108.033522 4 comments science
- Advances in photonic hardware https://scitechdaily.com/light-speed-ahead-3d-photonic-electronic-hardware-revolutionizes-ai/ 6 comments technology
- Colorful solar panels could make the technology more attractive. Scientists sprayed a thin layer of photonic glass onto the surfaces of solar cells & created solar panels that took on blue, green and purple hues while only dropping the efficiency of power generation from 22.6% to 21.5%. https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/newsreleases/2022/august/colorful-solar-panels-could-make-the-technology-more-attractive.html 131 comments science
- Researchers from US ARL and Texas A&M University propose a way to break the Shockley-Queisser limit by utilizing nonreciprocal photonic structures that can drastically reduce emission from a photovoltaic converter without affecting its total light absorption. https://spie.org/news/time-reversal-asymmetry-surpasses-conversion-efficiency-limit-for-solar-cells?utm_id=zrdz 27 comments science
- Dark matter is five times more plentiful than visible matter but it's unknown what kind of particle makes up dark matter. Now physicists are exploring the possibility that dark matter exists in the form of a dark massive photon. http://www.sci-news.com/physics/dark-photons-10987.html 43 comments science
- Aliens could send quantum messages to Earth, calculations suggest. Particles of light, or photons, could be transmitted over vast, interstellar distances without losing their quantum nature.That means scientists searching for extraterrestrial signals could also look for quantum messages. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/alien-quantum-communication-extraterrestrial-communication-signal 250 comments science
- What exactly does it mean for the electromagnetic force to be carried by photons? None 3 comments askscience
- Light comes in form of photons right? So what happens when you have a single photon, is it possible to see the photon as the light coming into your eye are also photons?// is it posible to see a single photon? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/agk43v/light_comes_in_form_of_photons_right_so_what/ 11 comments askscience
- When a photon hits a mirror and goes from v=c to v=-c is there a moment when v=0? Does the mass of the photon decrease during this time? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/9v5ka9/when_a_photon_hits_a_mirror_and_goes_from_vc_to/ 19 comments askscience
- So the carrier particle for the electromagnetic force are photons. Therefore if I have an electric or magnetic field what type of electromagnetic radiation is being transmitted? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/7oa72f/so_the_carrier_particle_for_the_electromagnetic/ 24 comments askscience
- How do high energy photons (xrays etc) pass through objects? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/7nz4nd/how_do_high_energy_photons_xrays_etc_pass_through/ 6 comments askscience
- Checkboxes in the bookmarks popup do not use Photon UI. Is that a bug? https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/78kkx6/checkboxes_in_the_bookmarks_popup_do_not_use/ 4 comments firefox
- If a photon doesn't have a an anti- counterpart because it is a boson, does that mean that a Helium-4 atom also don't have a anti- counterpart? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/75w9c3/if_a_photon_doesnt_have_a_an_anti_counterpart/ 12 comments askscience
- Windows 7 interactive Photon mockup http://design.firefox.com/people/shorlander/photon/mockups/windows-7.html 3 comments firefox
- New Firefox Focus icon for Photon https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1994820/29287352-fb99892e-80e9-11e7-8a10-a8299fe38889.png 29 comments firefox
- Do photons experience any air resistance or no because they have no mass? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/6te3is/do_photons_experience_any_air_resistance_or_no/ 4 comments askscience
- When light hits a reflective surface such as water, what decides which individual photons passes though and which gets reflected back? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/6oc7cl/when_light_hits_a_reflective_surface_such_as/ 14 comments askscience
- What happens to the speed of photons emitted by a moving light source? Do they travel faster than the speed of light, c? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/6ll57o/what_happens_to_the_speed_of_photons_emitted_by_a/ 666 comments askscience
- A quick and dirty stylesheet to make Firefox look a bit like the upcoming Photon visual refresh https://zippy.gfycat.com/elegantbrilliantiguana.webm 27 comments firefox
- Multiplayer Network Solutions for Unity (Photon and PlayFab) https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/6941k5/multiplayer_network_solutions_for_unity_photon/ 10 comments gamedev
- Can light reflect light (can photons bounce off of each other)? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/5g6f10/can_light_reflect_light_can_photons_bounce_off_of/ 5 comments askscience
- Collaboration between quantum scientists and City of Calgary Alberta, Canada sets a distance record for teleporting a photon state over a fibre network https://www.ucalgary.ca/utoday/issue/2016-09-20/beam-me-scotty-researchers-teleport-particle-light-six-kilometres 3 comments worldnews
- Why do fusion reactions emit photons? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/4vsiyg/why_do_fusion_reactions_emit_photons/ 9 comments askscience
- Is the ambiguous particle/wave state of a photon due to the fact that it travels at the speed of light? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/4msv82/is_the_ambiguous_particlewave_state_of_a_photon/ 21 comments askscience
- Would it be possible to create a liquid or gas comprised solely or mostly of photons? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/4lz3j4/would_it_be_possible_to_create_a_liquid_or_gas/ 14 comments askscience
- Harvard researchers have made photons of like behave like Solid Matter Paving the way for Quantum computing... and Lightsabers. http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/09/26/light-solid-lightsabers-nature_n_3996982.html 23 comments technology
- Breakthrough in photonics could allow for faster and faster electronics http://phys.org/news/2013-10-breakthrough-photonics-faster-electronics.html 14 comments science
- Could jetlag be a thing of the past? U.S. airline Delta Air has created 'photon shower' that resets the body's internal clock. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2287897/could-jetlag-thing-past-airline-creates-light-shower-alter-bodys-internal-clock.html 4 comments worldnews
- What causes an electron to emit a photon? http://vega.org.uk/video/subseries/8 5 comments askscience
- Researchers change the color and shape of a single photon. http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-10-photon.html 47 comments science
- Scientists succeeded for the first time in transferring quantum information encoded in a single photon onto a single atom http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-05-quantum-limit.html 230 comments science
- If any of you are interested in optics and photonics, you should check out this online magazine. http://www.opfocus.org/ 7 comments science
- Quantum mechanics survives triple-slit photon test http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2010/07/born-rules-quantum-mechanics-survives-triple-slit-test.ars 88 comments science
- How photon echoes can be used to create a quantum memory device http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090911132308.htm 6 comments compsci
- The embarrassing lightness of photons http://arxivblog.com/?p=476 7 comments science