Breakthrough for photons in the microwave frequency range
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 - 15:20
in Physics & Chemistry
Photons in the microwave frequency range are important in quantum research - for quantum information processors, for example. Now, for the first time, researchers have achieved the controlled production of single photons in the microwave region and successfully detected them with highly sensitive measuring instruments - although they are 100,000 times weaker than the photons emitted by an electric light bulb.