Flipping Electrons with Light (IMAGE)

DOE/US Department of Energy

Flipping Electrons with Light

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Visible light can control emissive or absorptive signals by influencing the relative populations of unpaired electron spin states (red dots on blue lines) in a population of molecules.

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Image containing flipping man on grass courtesy of shutterstock.com. Overall image generated by D. Shultz.

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