Category: Quantum Mechanics
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Phonons. Photons. All the same…
A research group at Osaka University has succeeded in observing at the intended timing two-phonon quantum interference by using two cold calcium ions in ion traps, which spatially confine charged particles. A phonon is a unit of vibrational energy that arises from oscillating particles within crystals. Two-particle quantum interference experiments using two photons or atoms…
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Deciding. About everthing. We cannot. And yet we do! [The magic of One]
The next time someone accuses you of making an irrational decision, just explain that you’re obeying the laws of quantum physics. A new trend taking shape in psychological science not only uses quantum physics to explain humans’ (sometimes) paradoxical thinking, but may also help researchers resolve certain contradictions among the results of previous psychological studies.…
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Choose your reality. Literally. [Quantum mechanics vs. Materialism 1-0]
Reality doesn’t exist until it’s measured, at least for very small things, new research has found. By replicating a famous experiment where an object is given a choice for how to behave, physicists found that the object doesn’t actually make its decision until it is seen. The finding proves one of the central parts of…
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Quantum computers. Environment. Memories. Stability. (through change)
Before the dream of quantum computing is realized, a number of inherent problems must first be solved. One of these is the ability to maintain a stable memory system that overcomes the intrinsic instability of the basic unit of information in quantum computing – the quantum bit or “qubit”. To address this problem, Physicists working…
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Quantum mysteries. Information. Unity.
No one is about to claim that quantum physics is now easy to understand, but maybe it’s not quite as devilishly complicated as we thought. New research suggests that two of the quantum world’s most mysterious features, the uncertainty principle and wave-particle duality, are simply two sides of a single coin. “The connection between uncertainty…
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