Experiments with entangled photons

October 8, 2022 FunAwards

The Nobel Prize in Physics goes to experiments with entangled photons on the foundations of quantum mechanics!

Scientific background

Then

John Clauser and his experimental setup at UC Berkeley in the 1970s — John Clauser and his experimental setup at UC Berkeley in the 1970s. The Berkeley experiment demonstrated Bell inequality violations for the first time! (Credit: Steve Gerber/Berkeley Lab)

and now:

The team finishing up final calibrations for the two-photon interferometer.