A macroscopic amount of matter has been put in a quantum superposition
The sapphire crystal resonator used to probe the boundaries of quantum mechanics
Matteo Fadel/ETH Zurich
Quantum results have been demonstrated on one of many largest scales ever, pushing the boundaries of the quantum world. A crystal of 10^16 atoms has been positioned in a superposition of two quantum states, breaking the earlier file of solely 2000 atoms.
When a particle is in a quantum superposition of two states, it occupies each distinct states on the identical time – probably the most well-known instance is Schrödinger’s cat, during which a theoretical cat in …
Article amended on 12 April 2023
We corrected a typo within the variety of atoms positioned in a superposition
