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Nanophotonics

Nanophotonics

Electrons passing over nanophotonic materials could create synchrotron-like light

07 Nov 2019 Arso Ivanovic 
Illustration of passive light emission
Electron flyby: illustration of how encounters between relativistic electrons and vacuum fluctuations can generate X-rays. (Courtesy: Nicholas Rivera et al/Nature Physics)
Vacuum fluctuations just a few nanometres from the surface of a material can cause a passing beam of

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