The Nobel Prize in Physics 2022 was awarded to French physicist Alain Aspect

American physicist John F. Clauser

and Austrian physicist Anton Zeilinger

in recognition of their contributions to the research of quantum information

a clear indication that we are entering the era of quantum information.

In China

a scientist has played herald in quantum research since as early as the 1980s. He introduced quantum optics and quantum informatics to China

a virgin land in terms of quantum research back then. That scientist is Academician Guangcan Guo.

Out of personal interests and his good sense as a scientist

Prof. Guo took it upon himself to take on quantum optics when little was known about it in China. He trained many students and launched China's first academic conference on quantum optics

which helped to accelerate the development of quantum optics in China.

In the early 1990s

he took on another challenge

shifting his research focus to the emerging subject of quantum informatics. His work helped to establish China's current leading position in this interdisciplinary field. Today

China leads the world in quantum USB drives and quantum chips.

Now in his 1980s

Prof. Guo is still working tirelessly at the front line of scientific research

doing science popularization

and teaching students. He is ready for the third big challenge of his life—to reveal the mysteries of the classical world and the quantum world.

Next

please follow "Light People" into the mysterious "quantum world"

and feel the beauty of science.