{"id":21535,"date":"2016-02-02T14:47:54","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T22:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/can-photon-probabilities-change-the-world"},"modified":"2016-02-03T15:28:06","modified_gmt":"2016-02-03T23:28:06","slug":"can-photon-probabilities-change-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/can-photon-probabilities-change-the-world","title":{"rendered":"Can Photon Probabilities Change the World?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that Quantum Theory does not know how probabilities are implemented in Nature? And for that matter neither does any other physical theory. Why? Or why not? The closest Quantum Theory comes to explaining probabilities, is to <em>guess<\/em> that a particle\u2019s wave function is related to its probabilities. That\u2019s it!<\/p>\n<p>Why do we need to ask this question? Commercial opportunities. Imagine if you could control where a photon localizes (captured by an atom). Particle detectors become significantly more sensitive. Boring? No, in fact, <a href=\"http:\/\/nextbigfuture.com\/2016\/01\/darpa-program-aims-to-precisely-spot.html\" target=\"_hplink\">DARPA aims<\/a> to precisely spot single photons and explore the Fundamental Limits of Photon Detection. Anti-stealth is one application. Imagine if you didn\u2019t need 1,000,000 radio wave photons to determine an aircraft\u2019s radar signature, but only a 1,000?<\/p>\n<p>Using probabilities to control photon switching \u201ccircuits\u201d, <em>probability switches<\/em>. Imagine an empty box with optical cables entering and exiting. These <em>probability switches<\/em> cause photons to exit through different optical cables by controlling where they localize within the box. What if we could build computers with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.extremetech.com\/extreme\/153063-graphene-aerogel-is-seven-times-lighter-than-air-can-balance-on-a-blade-of-grass\" target=\"_hplink\">materials lighter than a feather<\/a> to switch photon paths, instead of heavy silicon or gallium arsenide to switch electron paths? Imagine how fast these switches could operate, as no matter is involved.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/benjamin-t-solomon\/can-photon-probabilities-_b_9128054.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that Quantum Theory does not know how probabilities are implemented in Nature? And for that matter neither does any other physical theory. Why? Or why not? The closest Quantum Theory comes to explaining probabilities, is to guess that a particle\u2019s wave function is related to its probabilities. That\u2019s it! Why do we [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":387,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523,1635,48,1617,1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing","category-materials","category-particle-physics","category-quantum-physics","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21535","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\/387"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21535\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}