Posts with #quantumphysics
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Nirosha J. Murugan @niroshajmuruganIf you want light to carry quantum information, you have to encode it one photon at a time. Most light sources (fllashlights, lasers, candles) emit photons in groups. But Isolated atoms can emit single photons as they transition to lower energy states, with quantum information encoded in tunable properties such as polarization or phase. What about larger organic structures..maybe within our own bodies? Could pigments, aromatic molecules (maybe withing microtubules 😉), and other light-sensitive structures in living cells encode information through photons? A new study shows that some carbon-based molecules can behave like artificial atoms, emitting identical single photons. Biology may already be using light in ways quantum technologies are only beginning to engineer. Full @AppliedPhysRev read here:
