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US Navy Awards RIT Physicist $550K Quantum Sensing Grant

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ROCHESTER, N.Y., Aug. 28, 2017 — Through a three-year, $550,000 grant, Mishkat Bhattacharya, a theoretical physicist at the Rochester Institute of Technology, is investigating new precision quantum sensing solutions for the U.S. Navy’s Office of Naval Research. A continuation of a previous award, Bhattacharya will test interactions between light and matter at the nanoscale and analyze measurements of weak electromagnetic fields and gravitational forces. Specialized microscopes measure theoretical predictions that describe matter at the nanoscale in which a nanometer equals one-billionth of a meter and a human...Read full article

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    Published: August 2017
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    quantum
    The term quantum refers to the fundamental unit or discrete amount of a physical quantity involved in interactions at the atomic and subatomic scales. It originates from quantum theory, a branch of physics that emerged in the early 20th century to explain phenomena observed on very small scales, where classical physics fails to provide accurate explanations. In the context of quantum theory, several key concepts are associated with the term quantum: Quantum mechanics: This is the branch of...
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