#science illustrator

"A qubit made from photons lives in the polarization property of light. This is depicted here as individual glowing wavelets. Coated pieces of glass, such as the cube shown in the video, can separate out different polarization states of light. Other elements can switch the polarization from one state (vertical) to the other (horizontal). Photon qubits can also live in other properties, such as color." (Caption via The Quantum Atlas)

One of a series of videos I made for UMD's Quantum Atlas:

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Although my work tends to be primarily physics-related — from subatomic to cosmic scales — I'm also interested in other fields e.g. Long COVID research & advocacy.

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I designed & modeled rings inspired by the double-slit experiment / wave-particle duality.

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— For those unfamiliar, a simple summary:

In physics, quanta are "packets" of energy. For example, a photon is a discreet, measurable packet — a quantum — of light. If you fire a single photon through a divider with one slit, the resulting pattern on the detection screen is as expected: the mark of a single particle. But when the divider has two slits, things start to get interesting. Even if only a single particle is fired, the detector shows a wave diffraction pattern — that is, overlapping waves. That can only happen if a wave passed through both slits. A quantum of energy is both: a particle and a wave.