科學家首次拍到了量子糾纏的照片大綱
Scientists have captured the first ever image of a phenomenon which Albert Einstein once described as "spooky action at a distance".
科學家捕捉到了史上首個阿爾伯特·愛因斯坦曾描述爲“遠距離的幽靈行爲”的現象的圖像。
The photo shows a strong form of quantum entanglement, where two particles interact and share their physical states for an instant.
這張照片展示了很強的一種量子糾纏形式，兩個粒子相互作用，瞬間共享它們的物理狀態。
It occurs no matter how great the distance between the particles is.
無論粒子相距多遠都可以出現量子糾纏。
The connection is known as Bell entanglement and underpins the field of quantum mechanics.
這種聯繫被稱爲貝爾糾纏，是量子力學的核心。
Paul-Antoine Moreau, of the University of Glasgow's School of Physics and Astronomy, said the image was "an elegant demonstration of a fundamental property of nature".
格拉斯哥大學物理與天文學院的保羅-安託萬·莫羅說這個圖像“優雅地展示了自然的基本屬性”。
He added: "It's an exciting result which could be used to advance the emerging field of quantum computing and lead to new types of imaging."
他補充說：“這個結果令人興奮，可用於推進量子計算這一新興領域，帶來新型成像技術。”
Einstein described quantum mechanics as "spooky" because of the instantaneousness of the apparent remote interaction between two entangled particles.
愛因斯坦說量子力學很“恐怖”，因爲兩個相距明顯很遠的糾纏粒子瞬間就能相互作用。
The interaction also seemed incompatible with elements of his special theory of relativity.
這種相互作用好像也和他狹義相對論的元素相矛盾。
Scientist John Bell later formalised the concept by describing in detail a strong form of entanglement exhibiting the feature.
後來科學家約翰·貝爾通過詳細描述一個表現出該特性的強糾纏形式來使這一概念形式化。
Bell entanglement is now harnessed in practical applications such as quantum computing and cryptography.
貝爾糾纏現在被用於多個實際應用，如量子計算和密碼學。
However, it has never before been captured in a single image.
但此前它從未被捕捉到單一圖像。
The team of physicists from the University of Glasgow devised a system that fired a stream of entangled photons from a quantum source of light at "non-conventional" objects.
格拉斯哥大學的一個物理學家團隊設計了一個系統，一串糾纏光子從一個量子光源發出，穿過“非常規物體”。
This was displayed on liquid-crystal materials which change the phase of the photons as they pass through.
這通過液晶材料來展現，在光子穿過時改變光子的相位。
