Optical filter sorts light by its ‘quantum statistics’

Nature, Published online: 15 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02038-xA nanostructured gold surface can filter light depending on the tendency of its photons to arrive at a detector in pairs.

Nature, Published online: 15 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02038-x

A nanostructured gold surface can filter light depending on the tendency of its photons to arrive at a detector in pairs.