Canadian researchers devise method to directly measure the quantum wavefunction
Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 10:31
in Physics & Chemistry
(PhysOrg.com) -- Physics researchers working at the National Research Council in Canada have succeeded in developing a way to directly measure the wavefunction of a photon. The technique, as described in their paper published in Nature, combines both strong and weak measurements, and offers researchers a new tool for use in understanding the intricacies of quantum mechanics. The wavefunction is a mathematical function that describes the quantum state of a particle.
