Lightning is just one of the many spectacular luminous events that occur in Earth's atmosphere. A particularly sought-after ...

Light was long considered to be a wave, exhibiting the phenomenon of interference in ... proportional to the square of the amplitude of the electric field, but in the photoelectric effect, the ...

From integrated photonics to quantum information science, the ability to control light with electric fields -- a phenomenon known as the electro-optic effect -- supports vital applications such as ...

From integrated photonics to quantum information science, the ability to control light with electric fields—a phenomenon known as the electro-optic effect—supports vital applications such as ...

This phenomenon ... suggest the light orbs sighted during such quakes could be from the ignition of released underground gases like methane, or radon, or due to an electric discharge from fault ...