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Photons

Known as: Photon 
Discrete concentrations of energy, apparently massless elementary particles, that move at the speed of light. They are the unit or quantum of… 
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Organically modified silica nanoparticles co-encapsulating photosensitizing drug and aggregation-enhanced two-photon absorbing fluorescent dye aggregates for two-photon photodynamic therapy.
We report energy-transferring organically modified silica nanoparticles for two-photon photodynamic therapy. These nanoparticles… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Amplified Photochemistry with Slow Photons
Slow photon, or light with reduced group velocity, is a unique phenomenon found in photonic crystals that theoreticians have long… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Deterministic Generation of Single Photons from One Atom Trapped in a Cavity
A single cesium atom trapped within the mode of an optical cavity is used to generate single photons on demand. The photon wave… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Bioadhesive polysaccharide in protein delivery system: chitosan nanoparticles improve the intestinal absorption of insulin in vivo.
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Quantum dot solar cells
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Photon Switching by Quantum Interference
We describe a four-state atomic system that absorbs two photons, but does not absorb one photon. As a switch, in the ideal limit… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Two-photon photodynamic therapy.
OBJECTIVE We demonstrate the use of infrared excitation in conjunction with an efficient two-photon absorbing dye and a… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
How photons start vision.
Recent studies have elucidated how the absorption of a photon in a rod or cone cell leads to the generation of the amplified… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Calculation of photon dispersion relations.
The current generation of photon scattering experiments requires a fast, accurate, general technique for calculation of… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Weak localization and coherent backscattering of photons in disordered media.
On trouve que l'intensite diffusee est augmentee jusqu'a 75% a l'interieur d'un cone etroit centre sur la direction de… 
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