Posts tagged with: Quantum Mechanics

A Thin Device Triggers One of Quantum Mechanics’ Strangest and Most Useful Phenomena

Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories and Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light have reported on a device that could replace a roomful of equipment used to entangle photons....

Finding a Theory of Everything: Top Physicists Gather in Vancouver to Discuss Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity

[A]nother meeting of minds underway this week in Vancouver, where organizers hope to renew the push to unite quantum mechanics with general relativity and create an overarching mathematical framework that...

U. Innsbruck Research Opens up New Possibilities for Using Levitated Particles as Sensors

Sensing with levitated nanoparticles has so far been limited by the precision of position measurements. Researchers at the Department of Experimental Physics of the University of Innsbruck, Austria, have...

Breakthrough Paves Way for Photonic Sensing at the Ultimate Quantum Limit

A Bristol-led team of physicists has found a way to operate mass manufacturable photonic sensors at the quantum limit. This breakthrough paves the way for practical applications such as monitoring...

JILA Scientists Studying How Noise in Quantum Channel Affects the Information Communicated

Physicists study many forms of communication, including quantum communication. Thanks to specific properties of quantum mechanics, like entanglement, information integrity can be better maintained with quantum communications, even being hackproof...

Korea’s Institute for Basic Science Discovers Method to Preserve Coherence Across Quantum Otto Engine Cycles

How monitoring quantum Otto engine affects its performance – Minimizing the measurement effects preserves coherence across engine cycles and improves the power output and reliability – Heat engines are devices...