Material science: Academy backs synchrotron

The Ohio Academy of Science.

Khan Academy and Computer Science

Infrared Science with Synchrotron Radiation

Synchrotron radiation is best known as a source of X-rays, but it is also a source for VUV to soft-Xrays photons. However, it was realised in the early 90’s that this source can also be exploited in the infrared energy domain. Even if in some frequency regions (roughly 30 microns and below) the total photon flux emitted by the synchrotron source remains inferior to that of a thermal source, the...

The Ohio Academy of Science.

Material Science

• Optical property of a material is defined as its interaction with electro-magnetic radiation in the visible. • Electromagnetic spectrum of radiation spans the wide range from γ-rays with wavelength as 10 m, through x-rays, ultraviolet, visible, infrared, and finally radio waves with wavelengths as along as 10 m. • Visible light is one form of electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths ranging...