Photons are particles of light, or waves, or something like that, right? [Mithuna Yoganathan] explains this conundrum in more detail than you probably got in your high school physics class.

Particle detectors play a crucial role in our understanding of the fundamental building blocks of the universe. They allow ...

There are a couple of ways we check this. The main method is to follow the emission of two photons with complementary wavelengths. In 2PE you produce pairs of photons whose combined energy adds up ...

Observing the interactions between dark matter and so-called "dark photons" during a period after the Big Bang called the "cosmic dawn" could help shed light on the universe's most mysterious and ...

Most of our gadgets rely on chips. Electronic chips. But that’s about to change. The chips of the future are chips of light. They use light particles known as photons to move data. Europe wants to ...

From high-speed communication to quantum computing and sensing, the detection, transmission, and manipulation of light ...

Quantum dots are widely used for their ability to emit single photons at specific wavelengths. These photons are created by ...

This why the recent chatter in the media about researchers having discovered ‘negative time’ with photons being emitted before the sample being hit by source photons created such a stir.

Researchers at Argonne have discovered that superconducting nanowire photon detectors can also be used as highly accurate ...