Chip Measures Quantities with Quantum Precision

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  • TBMG-34182
Published April 01, 2019 by Tech Briefs Media Group in United States
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Many devices use light to probe the quantum states of atoms in a vapor confined in a small cell. Atoms can be highly sensitive to external conditions, and therefore make superb detectors. Devices based on light interactions with atomic vapors can measure quantities such as time, length, and magnetic fields, and have applications in navigation, communications, medicine, and other fields. Such devices generally must be assembled by hand.