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Ultracold matter

Experiment is first to see kicking photons heat up nanoparticles

22 Jun 2016
Photograph of a nanoparticle caught in an optical trap
Heating up: a nanoparticle caught in Novotny's optical trap. (Courtesy: Vijay Jain and Erik Hebestreit/ETH Zurich)
The warming effect of tiny “kicks” from photons colliding with a microscopic particle ha

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