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Milestones: Photons

Milestones: Photons ature Milestones are special supplements that aim to highlight the ‘milestones’ or remarkable achievements in a given field. Each breakthrough is covered in a short Milestone article, written by an editor from the Nature Publishing Group, which discusses landmark discoveries in the context of the prevailing concepts at the time and our current knowledge of the field. Nature Milestones: Photons is the tenth supplement in the series. It comes 50 years after Theodore Maiman realized, on 16 May 1960, the first laser. But Nature Milestones: Photons intends to reach far beyond Maiman’s breakthrough, beginning with early systematic descriptions of light since the 17th century. Still, much of the fundamental understanding of light that we have today is based on its description as an electromagnetic wave, and that it ▶ cover: Design by George Marshall comes in basic ‘units’ — photons. Editorial ES The study of photons has not only fostered fundamental scientific advances, London Nature Publishing Group but has also led to important applications. The laser is among them, but there The Macmillan Building, 4 Crinan Street, London N1 9XW, UK are many more. With this collection we want to give a taste of this rich history. Tel: +44 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nature Materials Springer Journals

Milestones: Photons

Heber, Joerg; Trabesinger, Andreas
Nature Materials , Volume 9 (1) – May 1, 2010
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Milestones: Photons

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ature Milestones are special supplements that aim to highlight the ‘milestones’ or remarkable achievements in a given field. Each breakthrough is covered in a short Milestone article, written by an editor from the Nature Publishing Group, which discusses landmark discoveries in the context of the prevailing concepts at the time and our current knowledge of the field. Nature Milestones: Photons is the tenth supplement in the series. It comes 50 years after Theodore Maiman realized,...
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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2010 by Nature Publishing Group
Subject
Materials Science; Materials Science, general; Optical and Electronic Materials; Biomaterials; Nanotechnology; Condensed Matter Physics
ISSN
1476-1122
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1476-4660
DOI
10.1038/nmat2637
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Abstract

ature Milestones are special supplements that aim to highlight the ‘milestones’ or remarkable achievements in a given field. Each breakthrough is covered in a short Milestone article, written by an editor from the Nature Publishing Group, which discusses landmark discoveries in the context of the prevailing concepts at the time and our current knowledge of the field. Nature Milestones: Photons is the tenth supplement in the series. It comes 50 years after Theodore Maiman realized, on 16 May 1960, the first laser. But Nature Milestones: Photons intends to reach far beyond Maiman’s breakthrough, beginning with early systematic descriptions of light since the 17th century. Still, much of the fundamental understanding of light that we have today is based on its description as an electromagnetic wave, and that it ▶ cover: Design by George Marshall comes in basic ‘units’ — photons. Editorial ES The study of photons has not only fostered fundamental scientific advances, London Nature Publishing Group but has also led to important applications. The laser is among them, but there The Macmillan Building, 4 Crinan Street, London N1 9XW, UK are many more. With this collection we want to give a taste of this rich history. Tel: +44

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Published: May 1, 2010

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