{"id":182741,"date":"2024-02-15T07:22:21","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T13:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/a-quantum-leap-at-room-temperature-ultra-low-noise-system-achieves-optical-squeezing"},"modified":"2024-02-15T07:22:21","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T13:22:21","slug":"a-quantum-leap-at-room-temperature-ultra-low-noise-system-achieves-optical-squeezing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/a-quantum-leap-at-room-temperature-ultra-low-noise-system-achieves-optical-squeezing","title":{"rendered":"A \u2018quantum leap\u2019 at room temperature: Ultra-low noise system achieves optical squeezing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/a-quantum-leap-at-room-temperature-ultra-low-noise-system-achieves-optical-squeezing2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the realm of quantum mechanics, the ability to observe and control quantum phenomena at room temperature has long been elusive, especially on a large or \u201cmacroscopic\u201d scale. Traditionally, such observations have been confined to environments near absolute zero, where quantum effects are easier to detect. But the requirement for extreme cold has been a major hurdle, limiting practical applications of quantum technologies.<\/p>\n<p>Now, a study led by Tobias J. Kippenberg and Nils Johan Engelsen at EPFL, redefines the boundaries of what\u2019s possible. The pioneering work blends quantum physics and <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/mechanical+engineering\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">mechanical engineering<\/a> to achieve control of <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/quantum+phenomena\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">quantum phenomena<\/a> at room temperature.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReaching the regime of room temperature quantum optomechanics has been an open challenge since decades,\u201d says Kippenberg. \u201cOur work realizes effectively the Heisenberg microscope\u2014long thought to be only a theoretical toy model.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the realm of quantum mechanics, the ability to observe and control quantum phenomena at room temperature has long been elusive, especially on a large or \u201cmacroscopic\u201d scale. Traditionally, such observations have been confined to environments near absolute zero, where quantum effects are easier to detect. But the requirement for extreme cold has been a [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":511,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,1617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-182741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engineering","category-quantum-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182741\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}