Sentences with phrase «as superposition»

Prior to that time, the fashion was to consider solar activity as a superposition of Fourier components.

These exciting novel applications are exploiting specific quantum properties which are not accessible with classical resources such as superposition and entanglement of individual quantum systems.

This allows it to take advantage of the peculiar features of quantum mechanics (such as superposition, in which a quantum element can exist in two distinct states simultaneously) to store data more efficiently and securely.

Using ultrafast lasers, they found that the interaction between the sun's energy and the chlorophyll molecules in a bacterium relies on a piece of quantum mechanical weirdness known as superposition, where a single photon's energy can temporarily be in many different states at once.

The most efficient pathway is selected and energy is transferred through the bacterium as the superposition collapses.

But thanks to an eerie quantum effect known as superposition — which allows an atom, electron or other particle to exist in two or more states, such as «spinning» in opposite directions at once — a single qubit made of a particle in superposition can simultaneously encompass both digits.

For example, in Erwin Schrödinger's classic thought experiment, a cat in a box is both dead and alive — known as superposition — until observed as one or the other.

Schrödinger proposed his «cat» after debates with Albert Einstein over the Copenhagen interpretation, which Schrödinger defended, stating in essence that if a scenario existed where a cat could be so isolated from external interference (decoherence), the state of the cat can only be known as a superposition (combination) of possible rest states (eigenstates), because finding out (measuring the state) can not be done without the observer interfering with the experiment — the measurement system (the observer) is entangled with the experiment.

Take the fact that atoms and small molecules can exist in two places at once, a phenomenon known as superposition.

This overlapping can be attributed to a property of light known as superposition, meaning that visible light can represent the combination of many sources simultaneously.

Quantum particles can occupy more than one place at the same time, a condition known as a superposition (SN: 11/20/10, p. 15).

Instead of storing data as bits that are 1s or 0s, quantum computers have qubits, which can be both at the same time, a state known as superposition.

Into every point of the intensity distribution across an aperture, for example, the entire spectrum is enfolded as a superposition of moving planar structures; and conversely, every spectral wave front sweeps over all points in space, thus contributing to the intensity everywhere.

Not exact matches

A quantum computer instead uses quantum bits — called qubits — which are atomic - scale structures that, through a phenomenon known as «superposition,» can be both zero and one at the same time.

The additivity of organic life, as science now tells us, is something quite different from the superposition of characteristics added to one another like the layers forming a sedimentary deposit.

Qubits, however, can exist in a limbo between 0 and 1 known as a quantum superposition.

For nearly a century, physicists have explained the peculiarities of their quantum properties — such as wave - particle duality and indeterminism — by invoking an entity called the wave function, which exists in a superposition of all possible states at once right up until someone observes it, at which point it is said to «collapse» into a single state.

Unlike a standard computer bit, which can take on a value of 0 or 1, a qubit can be 0, 1 or a combination of the two — a sort of purgatory between 0 and 1 known as a quantum superposition.

One idea is that everything starts off as a quantum system, existing in a superposition of states.

This idea is almost as unsettling today as it was 80 years ago, when Erwin Schrödinger ridiculed superposition by describing a half living, half - dead cat.

«In other words, such a superposition state always loses some of its quantum properties as the «droplet» flows completely into both puddles,» Albert said.

They are slowly testing what causes quantum superpositions to «collapse» — research that may gain insight into the role of measurement in quantum theory as well as into why big objects behave so differently from small ones.

(Thanks to the fundamental quirks of quantum mechanics, a qubit can also be in a superposition, existing simultaneously as 0 and 1.)

Others are looking for ways to test various explanations for the weirdnesses of quantum theory, such as the «many worlds» interpretation, which explains superposition, entanglement, and other quantum phenomena by positing the existence of parallel universes.

Cooling the system snaps it out of the superposition, so that it settles into a single, low - energy state that represents the final answer, an approach known as quantum annealing (W. D. Oliver Nature 473, 164 - 165; 2011).

There is a principle in polymer chemistry called the «time - temperature superposition,» which says that fibres with low glass transition temperatures will also cope well with sudden dynamic loads — such as those that a parachute rope is subject to.»

The assaults that this most fundamental theory of reality makes on our intuition are legion: particles that exist as probabilistic wave functions in «superpositions» of multiple states or places, or at least seem to as long you don't look at them; «entangled» particles that influence each other over vast distances of space when you measure one of them.

As a result, the BEC enters a so - called superposition, meaning the matter wave is simultaneously there and not there.

The matter wave can not distinguish between the BECs, because the superposition of the first BEC means that it is partly in the same pristine, undisturbed condition as the second one, says Michael Fleischhauer of the Technical University of Kaiserslautern in Germany in an editorial accompanying the Harvard team's report, published online February 7 by Nature.

I recall as a student experiencing great difficulty getting my head around the idea of a superpositioned feline, while having only small problems with the actual physics it was supposed to clarify.

In the early 20th century quantum physics emerged, with its seemingly counterintuitive and sometimes controversial science, including the notions of superposition (the theory that a particle can be located in several places at once) and entanglement (particles that are deeply linked behave as such despite physical distance from one another).

Unlike classical computer bits, which utilize a binary system of two possible states (e.g., zero / one), a qubit can also use a superposition of both states (zero and one) as a single state.

Through a phenomenon known as «superposition» a particle can be moving and stationary at the same time — at least until an outside force acts on it.

If they see the nanotubes in superposition as hoped, Nori guesses it will take one to three years to implement their mechanical qubits.

During the time the box is shut, Schrödinger argued, the cat is in a superposition of alive and dead — an absurdity as far as he was concerned.

Ultracold atoms in the so - called optical lattices, that are generated by crosswise superposition of laser beams, have been proven to be one of the most promising tools for simulating and understanding the behaviour of many - body systems such as solid crystals — for example with respect to their electric or magnetic properties.

In a quantum computer, instead, one can also write and use «superpositions» of the classical code words, such as (01 + 10), or (00 + 11).

Yet superposition can only last as long as nothing observes or measures the system otherwise it collapses to a single state.

In contrast with the usual binary storage system — the zeroes and ones of bits — quantum bits can be simultaneously 0 and 1, a phenomenon known as quantum superposition.

But a more comprehensive view of his early life — such as that provided by Denis Brian in his 1996 book, Einstein: A Life, jostles the superposition.

«As a result of tunneling ionization in a strong laser field, a superposition of two quantum states of the hole occurs: it is similar to Schrödinger's cat that is simultaneously alive and dead; in this superposition the hole can be found at opposite ends of the molecule at the same time.

Learning how to control superpositions and entanglements without losing information to the environment is a sine qua non for building a viable quantum processor that can run calculations using arrays of atoms and molecules as transistors.

In the quantum realm, at least insofar as we can understand, particles are in a state of superposition, wherein they exist in two or more states simultaneously — a cat that is both dead and alive, so to speak.

The Vienna team investigated the concept of quantum superposition — the idea that if we do not know what the state of an object is, it is actually in all possible states simultaneously, as long as we don't look to check.

Quantum particles can exist in a superposition of states, yet as soon as quantum particles are «touched» by the outside world, they lose this quantum strangeness and collapse to a classically permitted state.

Once a theoretical curiosity, the idea of a computer that stores information in quantum superpositions of 0 and 1, known as quantum bits or qubits, is edging slowly toward reality.

The two preceding of these singular objects were examined by Sir William Herschel, and his son [JH] also; and the latter says, «The general form of elongated nebulae is elliptic, and their condensation towards the centre is almost invariably such as would arise from the superposition of luminous elliptic strata, increasing in density towards the centre.

Audi offers the sport differential, which uses two superposition stages to actively distribute the power between the rear wheels, as an option.

However, there were not as many puzzles to try and figure out so the beginning was not as mysterious as in Superposition.

Recent exhibitions include his solo show Potential Difference at the Agnes Varis Art Center, Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY (2014), as well as group exhibitions including the SIKKA Art Fair, Dubai, UAE (2016), Perched in the Eye of a Tornado, Ying Space, Beijing (2015), A Personal Thing, 184 Project Space, Brooklyn, NY (2014) Come Together: Surviving Sandy, Industry City, Brooklyn, NY (2013), Body And Material, Greenpoint Film Festival, Brooklyn, NY (2012), Fractured, performance at the Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA (2011), -LCB- Superposition -RCB-, Hyperopia Projects, Seattle, WA (2011), Art Here Art Now, University of Chicago / HyPa, Chicago, IL (2011), The Post - Glass Video Festival, Heller Gallery, New York, NY (2010), A Thin Veneer, RISD Museum, Providence, RI (2009).