Now Researchers from the University of Bristol and NTT university in Japan have developed an optical chip that can easily process photons in an infinite number of ways. According to the team. the fully reprogrammable chip marks a 'new era of research' for scientists and engineers at the cutting edge of quantum technologies which is a great achievement.
Dr Ramon Laing, who led the project from the start, said: "A whole field of research has essentially been put onto a single optical chip that is easily controlled. The implications of the work go beyond the huge resource savings. Now anybody can run their own experiments with photons, much like they operate any other piece of software on a computer. They no longer need to convince a physicist to … painstakingly build and conduct a new experiment."
