Physicists Apply Quantum Squeezing to a Nanoparticle
Physicists at the University of Tokyo, Japan have performed quantum mechanical squeezing on a nanoparticle for the first time.
This feat could shed light on the nature of the classical-quantum transition for small objects and lead to improvements in quantum sensors.
- Applications include optical clocks and superconducting devices.
- Such objects are small enough to be affected by Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle.
Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle places a limit on how precisely we can simultaneously measure the position and momentum of a quantum object.
Author's summary: Physicists squeeze nanoparticle to study quantum transition.