---
title: "Scientists Capture First-Ever Image of Quantum Entanglement"
description: "For the first time, scientists managed to capture and image with photographic evidence that two photons were linked by quantum entanglement."
date: "2019-07-15"
modified: "2019-07-15"
authors:
  - name: "Dan Robitzski"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/danrobitzski"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/capture-first-image-quantum-entanglement"
categories:
  - "Physics"
  - "Science & Energy"
tags:
  - "physics"
  - "quantum entanglement"
  - "quantum physics"
  - "the digest"
---

# Scientists Capture First-Ever Image of Quantum Entanglement

![For the first time, scientists managed to capture photographic evidence that two photons were linked by quantum entanglement.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/capture-first-image-quantum-entanglement.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: University of Glasgow\</em\>*

## Candid

Scientists just managed to snap an image of two photons linked by quantum entanglement, marking the first time that [the bizarre phenomenon](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/reality-hologram-quantum-physics>) has been captured with a camera.

The image shows two photons that have been linked through quantum entanglement, which means that they [instantly respond to changes](<https://futurism.com/rethinking-space-time-nature>) that occur in each other, even if they're separated by a vast physical distance, [according to research](<https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/7/eaaw2563>) published Friday in the journal *Science Advances*. This first-ever photographic evidence of entanglement could help scientists better understand new technology, [reports *New Atlas*](<https://newatlas.com/first-ever-image-quantum-entanglement/60574/>), like quantum computers or cryptography.

## Rapid-Fire

Taking the image was no easy task, according to the research. The University of Glasgow physicists rigged a camera to capture 40,000 frames per second of an experimental setup that they maintained at -30 degrees Celsius in pitch black. They then had to comb through thousands of frames to find [signs of entanglement](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/this-is-the-first-time-a-living-thing-was-put-in-a-state-of-quantum-entanglement>).

"The image we've managed to capture is an elegant demonstration of a fundamental property of nature, seen for the very first time in the form of an image," Glasgow physicist Paul-Antoine Moreau, told *New Atlas*. "It's an exciting result which could be used to advance the emerging field of quantum computing and lead to new types of imaging."

**READ MORE:** [Scientists capture image of quantum entanglement for the first time](<https://newatlas.com/first-ever-image-quantum-entanglement/60574/>) \[*New Atlas*\]

**More on quantum entanglement:** *[Our Reality Could Be a "Hologram" Created by Quantum Physics](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/reality-hologram-quantum-physics>)*

## Author
Dan Robitzki is a senior reporter for Futurism, where he likes to cover AI, tech ethics, and medicine. He spends his extra time fencing and streaming games from Los Angeles, California.

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