A Method Created at Rice University Closes the Gap between Light and Matter (IMAGE)

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A Method Created at Rice University Closes the Gap between Light and Matter

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A method created at Rice University closes the gap between light and matter and may help advance technologies like quantum computers and communications. The lab designed and built a high-quality cavity to contain an ultrathin layer of gallium arsenide. By tuning the material with a magnetic field to resonate with a certain state of light in the cavity, they prompted the formation of polaritons that act in a collective manner.

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Qi Zhang/Rice University

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