Re:Photo of a suspended, glowing single atom wins photograph...
by DanTheManPR on Monday January 27, 2020 @09:22AM
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This is the most pedantic thing I've ever seen posted on HN.
If an object is illuminated by the sun or by a flashlight, you see the light. When you illuminate a single strontium atom with a laser while it's suspended in an ion trap, you see the light.
If an object is illuminated by the sun or by a flashlight, you see the light. When you illuminate a single strontium atom with a laser while it's suspended in an ion trap, you see the light.