Happy centenary, photon

Anton Zeilinger (), Gregor Weihs, Thomas Jennewein and Markus Aspelmeyer
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Anton Zeilinger: Institute for Experimental Physics, University of Vienna
Gregor Weihs: Institute for Experimental Physics, University of Vienna
Thomas Jennewein: Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI), Austrian Academy of Sciences
Markus Aspelmeyer: Institute for Experimental Physics, University of Vienna

Nature, 2005, vol. 433, issue 7023, 230-238

Abstract: Abstract One hundred years ago Albert Einstein introduced the concept of the photon. Although in the early years after 1905 the evidence for the quantum nature of light was not compelling, modern experiments — especially those using photon pairs — have beautifully confirmed its corpuscular character. Research on the quantum properties of light (quantum optics) triggered the evolution of the whole field of quantum information processing, which now promises new technology, such as quantum cryptography and even quantum computers.

Date: 2005
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