Pristine quantum light source created at the edge of silicon chip
Tuesday, September 11, 2018 - 07:52
in Physics & Chemistry
The smallest amount of light you can have is one photon, so dim that it's pretty much invisible to humans. While imperceptible, these tiny blips of energy are useful for carrying quantum information around. Ideally, every quantum courier would be the same, but there isn't a straightforward way to produce a stream of identical photons. This is particularly challenging when individual photons come from fabricated chips.