Quantum X-Ray Microscopy
Means of increasing the resolution of an x-ray image without raising the radiation level is what the Brookhaven National Laboratory reports in this piece. “In a standard X-ray microscope, one beam of photons is sent through a sample and collected by a detector on the other side.. . . . In the case of the new X-ray microscope, the beam splitter produces pairs of entangled photons. One of them passes through the sample, and carries the information to the detector as usual. But at the same time, that causes its partner to automatically change its state too, even though it hasn’t come into contact with the sample. When it then hits its own detector, extra information can be gleaned from it.” This allows imaging at smaller than 10 nanometers resolution. MORE
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