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Photons caught in the act

Physicists watch a microwave pulse lose its quantum weirdness

By Davide Castelvecchi

- More than 2 years ago

Physicists have made the first “movie” of a microwave pulse transitioning from the quantum-physics world to the classical-physics world.

MIRROR, MIRROR These superconducting mirrors make photons bounce back and forth up to a billion times before being lost. The device helped researchers “watch” a microwave pulse lose its quantum state.