WINNER “Dance Your PhD” Physics 2015: EnTANGOed - PhD researcher Merritt Moore

Spontaneous Parametric Down-Conversion: Photon Pair Generation For my PhD in Atomic & Laser Physics at the University of Oxford, I create pairs of photons to be used for quantum information experiments. A photon is a particle of light, and by creating a single pair, we can explore exotic and fascinating properties of quantum mechanics, like entanglement. To create pairs of photons, a powerful laser (represented by the pianist’s hands driving the music) is guided into a non-linear crystal (the laboratory).