Physicists have placed part of a sapphire crystal into a quantum superposition, making it the heaviest object to show quantum effects, in a new take on Erwin Schrödinger's famous cat experiment.
Physicists have created the world's heaviest Schrödinger's cat, bringing the bizarre behavior of the quantum world to larger scales than ever before.
Taking its name from Erwin Schrödinger's famous thought experiment, the new Schrödinger's cat crystal could be used to design more robust quantum computers and reveal clues behind why quantum effects are not seen in the real world, according to the researchers. Their findings were published April 20 in the journal Science .
To achieve this, the physicists connected the vibrating part of the sapphire crystal to a superconducting circuit, shaking it in such a way that it began to vibrate in a superposition of two directions at once.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
A sapphire Schrödinger’s cat shows that quantum effects can scale upThe atoms in a piece of sapphire oscillate in two directions at once, a mimic of the hypothetically dead-and-alive feline.
Read more »
Breaking Binary: Physicists Fully Entangle Two Quantum DigitsA novel approach to entangle high-dimensional quantum systems. In the realm of computing, information is usually perceived as being represented by a binary system of ones and zeros. However, in our everyday lives, we use a decimal system consisting of ten digits to represent numbers. For instance,
Read more »
A Flash of Genius: Taming Electrons With Laser Precision for 1,000,000x Faster ElectronicsPhysicists measure and control electron release from metals in the attosecond range. By superimposing two laser fields of different strengths and frequency, the electron emission of metals can be measured and controlled precisely to a few attoseconds. Physicists from Friedrich-Alexander-Universit
Read more »
The Boyz surprise fans by announcing their 2nd world tour | allkpopBoy group The Boyz will be meeting fans all over the world once again.The Boyz will kick off their world tour, 'THE BOYZ 2ND WORLD TOUR: ZE…
Read more »
New Understandings of Witch Trials, Synthetic Morphology and the Moons of JupiterPhysicists attempt to weigh a vacuum and resolve the “worst theoretical prediction in the history of physics”
Read more »
Why Sudan's conflict matters to the rest of the worldIt's a recipe for the kind of prolonged conflict that has devastated other countries in the Middle East and Africa.
Read more »