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pho·ton
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n. Physics
a particle representing a quantum of light or other electromagnetic radiation. A photon carries energy proportional to the radiation frequency but has zero rest mass.
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PHOTON Consulting publishes Solar Annual 2008: Four Peaks.
Business Wire; 9/30/2008; 700+ words
; Latest edition from PHOTON's flagship Solar Annual research report...accurate analysis of PV sector. BOSTON -- PHOTON Consulting, the leading research, strategy...Solar Annual 2008: Four Peaks provides PHOTON Consulting's five-year forecasts...
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Photon Dynamics Completes Acquisition Of Intelligent Reasoning Systems, Inc.
PR Newswire; 7/18/2001; 700+ words
; ...Calif., July 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Photon Dynamics, Inc. (Nasdaq: PHTN), a...Inc. (IRSI), a Texas corporation. Photon Dynamics believes that the acquisition...IRSI will be immediately integrated into Photon Dynamics' Electronics Division. Photon...
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Photon Dynamics Introduces Its AS-520 Fifth Generation LCD Array Repair System.
Business Wire; 10/30/2001; 700+ words
; ...Management Solutions for Improved Productivity Photon Dynamics, Inc. (Nasdaq NM:PHTN...competitive systems. And, when combined with Photon Dynamics' ArrayChecker 3000 test system...substrates. "Despite today's economy, Photon Dynamics is committed to investing in...
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Photon Dynamics Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2005 Financial Results.
PR Newswire; 1/26/2005; 700+ words
; Photon Dynamics, Inc. , a leading supplier of...A digital replay will be available on Photon Dynamic's website at http://www...entering confirmation code 823134. About Photon Dynamics, Inc. Photon Dynamics, Inc...
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Photon Dynamics Releases Preliminary Fourth Quarter 2004 Financial Results.
PR Newswire; 10/14/2004; 700+ words
; Photon Dynamics, Inc. , a leading global supplier...fourth quarter ended September 30, 2004. Photon Dynamics continues to anticipate fourth...were in the range of $0.36-$0.40. Photon is scheduled to report its fiscal 2004 fourth...
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Photon Dynamics Completes Acquisition of Akcron Corporation in Korea.
Business Wire; 9/27/2002; 700+ words
; ...Solution and Presence in Asia Pacific Photon Dynamics, Inc. (Nasdaq:PHTN), a...backlight inverters for flat panel displays. Photon Dynamics believes the acquisition will...this additional technology will enable Photon Dynamics to provide customers with a broader...
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Photon Dynamics Reports First Quarter Results for Fiscal 2002.
Business Wire; 1/16/2002; 700+ words
; ...Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 16, 2002 Photon Dynamics, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: PHTN) today reported...stated Mr. Vincent Sollitto, President and CEO of Photon Dynamics, Inc. Photon Dynamics' estimates at this time are for revenue...
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Crueltyfree: counting photons without killing them.(This Week)
Magazine article from: Science News; 8/25/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...experiment. Physicists have found a way to count photons as they zip along, without destroying them. The...detecting light has long been synonymous with absorbing photons. Typically, the photons cease to exist and the light's energy transforms...
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Photon Dynamics to Present at Semicon West's TFT LCD Conference; John Busch to Discuss Role of Rapid Thermal Processing in Low Temperature Poly-Silicon.
PR Newswire; 7/10/2003; 700+ words
; Photon Dynamics, Inc. , a leading global supplier...performance, versatile system architecture, Photon Dynamics' RTP technology enables flat panel...conference/session.cvn?eID=446 About Photon Dynamics Photon Dynamics, Inc. is a leading...
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Photon Dynamics Announces Acquisition of Quantum Composers.
PR Newswire; 7/21/2004; 700+ words
; ...Positions Company to Expand to Repair Market Photon Dynamics, Inc. , a leading global supplier...commented, "This asset acquisition provides Photon with the core Intellectual Property and...are delighted to be joining forces with Photon Dynamics. We have been a supplier to...
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photon
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...sometimes called light quantum. The photon has no charge and no mass...transferred in discrete packets, or photons, the energy of each photon being equal to the frequency...charged particle when one of the photons collides with it, as is demonstrated...
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Photon
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Photon The photon is the basic unit, particle, or carrier...x2019; s wave packets became known as photons, which are somehow like indivisible...quantum mechanics. Light consists of photons — discrete or separate particles...
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photon sphere
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
photon sphere A sphere surrounding a black hole...circular path around the hole. Inside the photon sphere light spirals in towards the black...sphere the path of light is bent, but the photons can still escape back into the Universe...
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Single photon emission computed tomography
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Single photon emission computed tomography Definition Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is an imaging...1 (January 2000):32. Van Heertum, R. "Single photon emission, CT, and positron emission tomography in the...
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photon log
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences
photon log The record of a scintillometer that has passed through a borehole . It is identical to a gamma-ray log , except that the...
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