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Seeing Quantum Mechanics with the Naked Eye

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CAMBRIDGE, England, Jan. 11, 2012 — A new semiconductor chip converts electrons into a quantum, light-emitting state, yet is large enough to see by the naked eye, a development that could lead to a new generation of ultrasensitive gyroscopes. Quantum mechanics normally shows its influence for tiny particles only at ultralow temperatures, but scientists at the University of Cambridge mixed electrons with light to synthesize supersize quantum particles that behave like superconductors. Building microscopic cavities that tightly trap light into the vicinity of electrons within the chip, they produced lightweight...Read full article

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    Published: January 2012
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    quantum mechanics
    The science of all complex elements of atomic and molecular spectra, and the interaction of radiation and matter.
    EnglandEuropeGab ChristmanngyroscopesImagingpolaritonsquantum circuitsquantum mechanicsquantum state electronsquantum superfluidResearch & Technologysemiconductor chipultrasensitive detectorsultrasensitive gyroscopesUniversity of CambridgeLasers

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