<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453852558052_25492">All,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453852558052_25492"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453852558052_25492">I have had this concern that even with a model of a photonic electronic (pick any one), that we do not understand what the process(es) are to get from a photon to an electron. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453852558052_25492"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453852558052_25492">Here is another candidate process. 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