Visitors will try out simple experiments showing quantum phenomena in technologies that have become part of our everyday lives. You will learn about the research of scientists from the Department of Coherent Optics and Microphotonics, Institute of Scientific Instruments of the CAS, based on the latest findings of quantum physics.
Quantum phenomena occur at the level of atoms, so we cannot directly observe them with the naked eye. They occur when elementary particles interact with light. It was these phenomena that scientists in the 19th century could not explain with classical physics, and so the foundations for quantum physics were laid.
And what else do our scientific colleagues have in store for you?
Visitors will try out the experiment that won Albert Einstein the Nobel Prize and build their own quantum detector from an ordinary light-emitting diode. He will see up close what lasers look like inside and learn how we can use laser light to determine the contents of a closed bottle, for example.