Discover More: Discovery of 'split photons'

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The Discovery of ‘split’ photons provides a new way to see light!

Date Posted: 14th December 2021


Nearly a century after Italian physicist Ettore Majorana laid the groundwork for the discovery that electrons could be divided into halves, researchers predict that split photons may also exist. The finding advances the fundamental understanding of light and how it behaves.

Source: Dartmouth College

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