First black hole for light created on Earth
Capital of Nasty, an Electronic Magazine - ISSN 1482-0471
Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 16:57 (2755/3)
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Science
An electromagnetic "black hole" that sucks in surrounding light has been built for the first time based on a theoretical design by Evgenii Narimanov and Alexander Kildishev of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. The device, which works at microwave frequencies, may soon be extended to trap visible light, leading to an entirely new way of harvesting solar energy to generate electricity.
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