# Counting magnetic flux quanta offers new way to measure photon numbers

- Source: Phys.org
- Published: 2026-10-23T21:20:02+00:00
- Category: Science
- Original: https://phys.org/news/2026-10-magnetic-flux-quanta-photon.html
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/counting-magnetic-flux-quanta-offers-new-way-to-measure-photon-numbers-ce7acf/

Researchers at AIST have directly observed magnetic flux quanta generated in a superconductor by photon absorption and demonstrated a new principle of photon detection that identifies the number of photons based on the number of these flux quanta.

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