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April 30, 2015

When mediated by superconductivity, light pushes matter million times more
Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Apr 30, 2015
When a mirror reflects light, it experiences a slight push. This radiation pressure can be increased considerably with the help of a small superconducting island. This was revealed by the joint research done in the Aalto University and the Universities of Jyvaskyla and Oulu. The finding paves a way for the studies of mechanical oscillations at the level of a single photon, the quantum of light. The results of the research were published in Nature Communications in April. In our everyday live ... read more

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