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Controlling photons in a box and exploring the quantum to classical boundary
Author(s) -
Haroche Serge
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
annalen der physik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1521-3889
pISSN - 0003-3804
DOI - 10.1002/andp.201300737
Subject(s) - photon , physics , nobel laureate , ideal (ethics) , quantum , quantum mechanics , quantum optics , theoretical physics , philosophy , epistemology , linguistics , poetry
Photons trapped in a superconducting cavity constitute an ideal system to realize some of the thought experiments imagined by the founding fathers of quantum physics. Physics laureate S . Haroche gives a personal account of the experiments performed with this “photon box” at the Ecole Normale Supérieure **.