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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: Chemistry LibreTexts - Photons. | Oct 14, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - Manipulating molecules with quantum light. | Mar 28, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: OpenStax - College Physics 2e - Photon Momentum. | Oct 18, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - How best to use photons. | May 31, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Scholars at Harvard - Phonons and Photons. | Jun 10, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory - Structure of the Photon. | May 31, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Nature - Photon bound state dynamics from a single artificial atom. | Feb 20, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Barcelona - Hist�ria de la F�sica Qu�ntica - Photon: New light on an old name. | Dec 29, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of California - Department of Mathematics - What is the mass of a photon? | Oct 13, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Photon energy. | Jul 07, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Energy Wave Theory - Photons. | May 23, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Energy Education - Photon. | Feb 15, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Royal Society Publishing - Interface Focus - Photons in biology. | Dec 09, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Live Science - What are photons? | Sep 09, 2022 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Feb 12, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: Chemistry LibreTexts - Photons. | Sep 09, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: ThoughtCo. - What Is a Photon? | Feb 07, 2018 | ||
| Cross-references added. | May 01, 2017 | ||
| Added video. | Jan 08, 2016 | ||
| Added new Web site: Window To The Universe - Photon. | May 11, 2009 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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