wavelength

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The system relies on SHG, a nonlinear optical phenomenon in which incoming light is converted into light with half the wavelength.

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That dust blocks light from the hotter gas closer to the black hole, absorbs energy, and reemits it in infrared wavelengths.

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NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory carries a relatively small 30 centimeter telescope, yet from its position in orbit it can observe ultraviolet wavelengths that are mostly absorbed by Earth's atmosphere.

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The new metasurface takes the form of an ultra thin chip covered with tiny structures that are smaller than the wavelength of light itself.

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Adding different rare earths alters the wavelength of the laser, and thus its use and colour, Ambroise said.

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