NIST Physicists Show 'Molecules' Made of Light May Be Possible (IMAGE)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

NIST Physicists Show 'Molecules' Made of Light May Be Possible

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Researchers show that two photons, depicted in this artist's conception as waves (left and right), can be locked together at a short distance. Under certain conditions, the photons can form a state resembling a two-atom molecule, represented as the blue dumbbell shape at center.

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Credit: E. Edwards/JQI

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