A new experiment captures a single parcel of light morphing between wave and particle. Published in the April Physical Review A, the experiment dissects a light pulse associated with a single photon ...

Photonic quantum processors, devices that can process information leveraging quantum mechanical effects and particles of ...

In 1920, Danish physicist Niels Bohr proposed that although light (photons) has a dual nature, behaving as both particle and wave, it’s impossible to observe this duality at the same time. This is ...

Once a year, everyone at the MESA+ Institute, where I work, gets together to celebrate the achievements of the past 365 days. Everyone listens to talks by students, post docs, and learned professors.

The theoretical physicist John Wheeler once used the phrase “great smoky dragon” to describe a particle of light going from a source to a photon counter. “The mouth of the dragon is sharp, where it ...

ADELPHI, Md. --Army researchers, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Maryland, built a precursor to a hybrid quantum network that shows promise for the future. The researchers ...

Researchers in Saudi Arabia and the US say that two people equipped with suitable optical devices should in principle be able to exchange information without transferring even a single photon. The ...