Structured light is a fancy way to describe patterns or pictures of light, but deservedly so as it promises future communications that will be both faster and more secure.
Quantum mechanics has come a long way during the past 100 years but still has a long way to go. In AVS Quantum Science, from AIP Publishing, researchers from the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa review the progress being made in using structured light in quantum protocols to create a larger encoding alphabet, stronger security and better resistance to noise.
“What we really want is to do quantum mechanics with patterns of light,” said author Andrew Forbes. “By this, we mean that light comes in a variety of patterns that can be made unique — like our faces.”
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