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Discovery of photonic time crystal could have profound implications for optics, lead to disruptive new technology – The Debrief

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photonic time crystals

The generation of photonic time crystals in the near-visible spectrum has been demonstrated under novel conditions, according to a team of researchers who say the breakthrough could have significant implications for the science of light and could lead to the development of disruptive new technologies. Time crystals are quantum systems made up of repetitively moving … Read more

How splitting sound could lead to a new kind of quantum computer

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When you turn on a lamp to light up a room, you’re experiencing light energy transmitted as photons, which are small, discrete quantum packets of energy. These photons have to obey the sometimes strange laws of quantum mechanics, which, for example, dictate that photons are indivisible, but at the same time allow a photon to … Read more

How split sound could lead to a new kind of quantum computer

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A diagram showing a line representing a beam splitter, hitting a phonon. Two dashed lines on either side of the beam splitter line indicate that the phonon is both reflected from the beam splitter and transmitted to the other side, superimposed.

When you turn on a lamp to light up a room, you’re experiencing light energy transmitted as photons, which are small, discrete quantum packets of energy. These photons have to obey the sometimes strange laws of quantum mechanics, which, for example, dictate that photons are indivisible, but at the same time allow a photon to … Read more