By sending high-power pulses of laser light of a certain color (wavelength) through a custom-made optical fiber to produce single particles of light with different colors, physics graduate student Hayden McGuinness is studying the quantum nature of light.
His work is conducted at the Oregon Center for Optics, a UO research center where physics and chemistry scholars study the properties of light. "Testing quantum mechanics with matter is usually quite an endeavor because its quantum effects are very subtle," McGuinness said. "But it's much easier to see the quantum nature of light. Because of that, light is a prime candidate for quantum research and for use in quantum-based technology."
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