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Single Photons Separated from Light Pulses

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By James F. Lowe, Web managing editor, [email protected]

REHOVOT, Israel, Dec. 8, 2015 — Separating single photons from pulses of light could enable eavesdropping on encrypted quantum communications — and it could also help make such channels more secure. Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science have demonstrated how to pluck single photons out of light pulses using a setup they developed last year for optical switching. Both processes rely on single-photon Raman interaction (SPRINT), which uses a single atom of rubidium cooled and trapped by a laser to affect the trajectory of single photons in an optical fiber. In this artist's rendering, a single...Read full article

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    Published: December 2015
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    quantum optics
    The area of optics in which quantum theory is used to describe light in discrete units or "quanta" of energy known as photons. First observed by Albert Einstein's photoelectric effect, this particle description of light is the foundation for describing the transfer of energy (i.e. absorption and emission) in light matter interaction.
    OpticsResearch & TechnologyIsraelWeizmannBarak Dayanquantum opticsSprintsingle photon Raman interaction

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