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Home > News > Physicists Coax Six Atoms into Quantum ‘Cat’ State

December 2nd, 2005

Physicists Coax Six Atoms into Quantum ‘Cat’ State

Abstract:
Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have coaxed six atoms into spinning together in two opposite directions at the same time, a so-called Schrödinger “cat” state that obeys the unusual laws of quantum physics. The ambitious choreography could be useful in applications such as quantum computing and cryptography, as well as ultra-sensitive measurement techniques, all of which rely on exquisite control of nature’s smallest particles.

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NIST

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