Recent content by Eriance

Ah ok. Thank you all for the explanation.

What is an "Optical Mode". I've been reading a lot of solar cell articles, especially those having to do with nanophotonics. There is a term that I keep running into, 'optical mode', but I've yet to find an explanation that I can visualize or understand. What exactly is the "mode" being used...

From what I've learned in physics, electrons falling from higher energy levels to a lower energy level emits an photon equal to that of the difference in energy between the two levels. Each atom has a set number of energy levels for the electrons, and thus each element can only emit a set number...

I'm going to graduate in a couple of months with a Bachelors in Bioengineering. My original goal was to go into medical school. However after so many years of school, I am not sure I want to jump directly back into school again. Not to mention there is no guarantee that I'll get into medical...

Ah thanks, for some reason, I thought with an initial thrust the satellite will just drop out of orbit and crash into the planet. Thanks for the feedback.

I a question regarding an object, that is originally in geosynchronous orbit, but then thrusted straight down. Will the object land directly on where it was hovering over while in the geosynchronous orbit? Or will it land off target because, as it falls, it's relative position to the Earth is no...