Post by ben on Jul 30, 2016 18:38:19 GMT
This one seems cool, Photons!
Snip 19.07.2016:
Until quite recently, creating a hologram of a single photon was believed to be impossible due to fundamental laws of physics. However, scientists at the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, have successfully applied concepts of classical holography to the world of quantum phenomena. A new measurement technique has enabled them to register the first-ever hologram of a single light particle, thereby shedding new light on the foundations of quantum mechanics.
"Our experiment is one of the first allowing us to directly observe one of the fundamental parameters of photon's wave function—its phase—bringing us a step closer to understanding what the wave function really is," explains researcher Michal Jachura.
"It's difficult to answer this question today. All of us—I mean physicists—must first get our heads around this new tool. It's likely that real applications of quantum holography won't appear for a few decades yet, but if there's one thing we can be sure of it's that they will be surprising," summarises Prof. Konrad Banaszek.
Read more at: phys.org/news/2016-07-birth-quantum-holographymaking-holograms-particles.html
Here is how the Hologram looks like:
And this is a schematic of the measurment-device:
Somehow reminds me of the LIGO configuration:
And of course "folks" of our flock immediatly look for deeper meaning:
So we only ever saw, see and will see a bunch of X's. Unless of course dark matter becomes a thing. Only one sixth of matter is viewable.
Snip 19.07.2016:
Until quite recently, creating a hologram of a single photon was believed to be impossible due to fundamental laws of physics. However, scientists at the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, have successfully applied concepts of classical holography to the world of quantum phenomena. A new measurement technique has enabled them to register the first-ever hologram of a single light particle, thereby shedding new light on the foundations of quantum mechanics.
"Our experiment is one of the first allowing us to directly observe one of the fundamental parameters of photon's wave function—its phase—bringing us a step closer to understanding what the wave function really is," explains researcher Michal Jachura.
"It's difficult to answer this question today. All of us—I mean physicists—must first get our heads around this new tool. It's likely that real applications of quantum holography won't appear for a few decades yet, but if there's one thing we can be sure of it's that they will be surprising," summarises Prof. Konrad Banaszek.
Read more at: phys.org/news/2016-07-birth-quantum-holographymaking-holograms-particles.html
Here is how the Hologram looks like:
And this is a schematic of the measurment-device:
Somehow reminds me of the LIGO configuration:
And of course "folks" of our flock immediatly look for deeper meaning:
So we only ever saw, see and will see a bunch of X's. Unless of course dark matter becomes a thing. Only one sixth of matter is viewable.
