US Naval Academy Quantum Photonics Laboratory

Quantum theory is a pinnacle of human achievement. With it, physicists were able to empirically explain the behavior of quantum systems from subatomic particles to solids and molecules to the formation and life-cycles of stars. One arena that has stubbornly resisted a quantum treatment are biological processes. While certainly the molecules that participate in the processes of life in organic organisms are quantum, the "hot, wet and noisy" environment of in-vivo compounds

Some images of the summer's activities...a new microscope (with 532nm and 730nm tuneable excitation)