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Direct detection of a single photon by humans

Despite investigations for over 70 years, the absolute limits of human vision have remained unclear. Rod cells respond to individual photons, yet whether a single-photon incident on the eye can be perceived by a human subject has remained a fundamental open question. Here we report that humans can d...

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Autores principales: Tinsley, Jonathan N., Molodtsov, Maxim I., Prevedel, Robert, Wartmann, David, Espigulé-Pons, Jofre, Lauwers, Mattias, Vaziri, Alipasha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4960318/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27434854
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12172