individual photon

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individual
adjective
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/ˌɪn.dɪˈvɪdʒ.u.əl/us
/ˌɪn.dəˈvɪdʒ.u.əl/
existing and considered separately from the other things or people in ...
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photon
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfəʊ.tɒn/us
/ˈfoʊ.tɑːn/
a single unit ...
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(Definition ofindividualandphotonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Figure 1 schematically shows the trajectory of anindividualphotonin the two coordinate systems.
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Each cascade stage effectively acts as anindividualphotongenerator.
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Individualphotoneigenstates have either right or left circular polarization.
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The scintillator must be in complete darkness so that visible light photons do not swamp theindividualphotonevents caused by incident ionising radiation.
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Universally, anindividualphotonhas an energy that is proportional to its frequency.
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Due to theirindividualphotoncounting nature, these instruments are limited to observations where the irradiance is low.
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Light detectors, such as photomultipliers and channeltrons, respond to individual photons.
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For example, rest mass and invariant mass are zero for individual photons even though they may add mass to the invariant mass of systems.
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Individual photons can be detected by several methods.
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In either case, the photomultiplier can detect individual photons.
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The individual photons must (according to quantum mechanics) make a choice and go one way or the other at a two-channel polarizer.
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The direction of incident neutrinos is determined by recording the arrival time of individual photons using a three-dimensional array of detector modules each containing one photomultiplier tube.
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