'A mixture from zero to infinity': Physicists tried splitting a photon — and ended up with an improbable swarm of particles - Live Science
Physicists have conducted a theoretical experiment suggesting that attempting to split a photon can result in a complex swarm of particles. This finding challenges traditional understandings of light particles and wave-particle duality.
Why it matters
Understanding the fundamental behavior of light at the quantum level is essential for the advancement of quantum computing and future communication technologies.
Physicists have found that splitting a photon would lead to a complex state that may change the way we think of particles.
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