Geiger-mode avalanche photodiodes (GM-APDs) are highly sensitive light detectors, capable of detecting single photons.

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Raman received several chances, particularly after receiving the Nobel Prize in Physics, to work in Western labs, but he had ...

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Bug killer: prototype of the short wavelength UV LED irradiation system with 118 LEDs. The inset shows a detail of the LED array. (Courtesy: FBH/P. Immerz) An array of low-voltage LEDs that emit short ...

Brain tissue ablation: A pre-surgery OCT angiography image of the mouse brain (A) overlayed on the post-surgery image (B) shows the coagulation margins. (Courtesy: Biomed. Opt. Express ...

Celebrating the brilliance and legacy of Sir Chandrashekhara Venkata Raman the physicist who showed the world how light ...