A suitcase containing a quantum light source: QuanTour visits Leiden Covered with stickers from various universities, containing a quantum light source. Since April 2024, this suitcase has been visiting scientists in Europe researching single photons: the smallest possible quantity of light. The suitcase, also called ‘Q-torch’, travels from lab to lab like an Olympic flame, announcing the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology 2025. The suitcase left Edinburgh and arrived in Leiden this week. Over the next month, physicist Mio Poortvliet will investigate the world-class light source. Poortvliet and his colleagues in Wolfgang Löffler's group will demonstrate that this light source can be used to produce the smallest quantum particle of light: photons. Read our full article on the project: https://lnkd.in/gHaNi8ZX #QuanTour #QTorch #SUPERquantum #physics Leiden Science - Universiteit Leiden Quantum Delta NL
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