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When the Light Particle Saw the Light

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A Weizmann Institute study of photons in quantum computing made a surprising discovery: When photons collide, they create vortices

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A Vortex in a Nanometric Teacup

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Lasers & Optics, Particle Physics, Quantum Physics

Weizmann Institute of Science researchers generate, for the first time, a vortex beam of atoms and molecules

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