The sunlight is responsible for the development and continued existence of life on earth. The deleterious effects of sunlight on biological systems are entirely due to radiation. It is widely believed that light has the greatest effect of all the environmental factors. While light does play an important role, very few studies have been conducted to evaluate the interaction of light with other f...

As part of a wider study into the use of smartphones as solar ultraviolet radiation monitors, this article characterizes the ultraviolet A (UVA; 320-400 nm) response of a consumer complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS)-based smartphone image sensor in a controlled laboratory environment. The CMOS image sensor in the camera possesses inherent sensitivity to UVA, and despite the attenuati...

We developed a model to describe the radiation-DNA interaction in water solution. The model is based on some important aspects of the Bethe Theory for the ionizing process, and on the assumption that the direct interaction between the incident particle and the DNA molecule is negligible in comparison with the indirect effect. This assumption can always be true under controlled conditions. The r...

The dynamics of an electron in a one-dimensional superlattice is investigated under the action of a THz electric field. The density matrix equations of motion within a single miniband are solved using a relaxationtime approximation for scattering. The electronic response to THz radiation is obtained by calculating the dipole moment, whence we compute the power dissipated, the THz reflection coe...

Squeezed radiation is in a state in which one of the quadratures of the electric field fluctuates less than the other [1,2]. Such a nonclassical state is useful, because the fluctuations in the photon flux can be reduced below that of a Poisson process — at the expense of enhanced fluctuations in the phase. Sub-Poissonian noise is a delicate feature of the radiation, it is easily destroyed by t...

A scanning tunneling microscope dedicated to in situ experiments under the irradiation of highly brilliant hard-X-rays of synchrotron radiation has been developed. In situ scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) observation was enabled by developing an accurate alignment system in ultrahigh vacuum. Despite the noisy conditions of the synchrotron radiation facility and the radiation load around the ...

We describe a means for improving the coupling of illumination to, and the collection of scattered radiation from, an optical antenna. This is achieved by integrating optical antennas with concentric ring gratings. Electromagnetic simulations demonstrate that the ring grating improves the coupling to the antenna, even if the incident illumination is focused by an aplanatic lens such as a micros...

The survival ratio of Aspergillus spores exposed to ultraviolet radiation has been measured as a function of total incident energy for wave lengths of 2537 A, 3022 A, 3129 A, and 3650 A. The effect of humidity on killing of Aspergillus spores by ultraviolet radiation has been found to be negligible. A delay in germination as a result of irradiation has been found. The Bunsen-Roscoe reciprocity ...

After the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear incident in 2011, radiation contamination of the affected area raised public health concerns about internal radiation exposure. Internal radiation exposure screening using a whole body counter (WBC) (Fastscan Model 2251, Canberra Inc, Meriden, CT) has been performed for the affected residents in Soma City, 40 km north of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power pl...