Articles tagged with: Laser and Microelectromechanical

Light-powered micro-machines could advance telecommunications

..ld of the microscopic, coupled with ultrapure laser light, photons bouncing off the walls of a cavity can build up a measurable force called radiation pressure. This is similar to the pressure exerted by gas molecules trapped in an aerosol can. more

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