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Quantum mechanics has revolutionised science, exploring phenomena that cannot be explained through the laws of classical physics. The discipline was born out of early 20th century research into the nature of light and heat, which explored the behavior of atoms, photons and sub-atomic particles - and ultimately the make-up of the universe. This research has already supported the development of several technologies including lasers, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), transistors and microprocessors. These, however, have not fully taken advantage of the “oddities” that quantum mechanics embodies, including matter-wave duality (light being both wave and particle), as well as superposition (an atom in two states until observed). Another is “entanglement” where two or more quantum bits, or qubits, can be entangled as the measurement on one instantaneously determines the outcome of the other. These are often referred to as their “nonintuitive” properties, which are key to quantum sensing. “Quantum sensing uses some nonintuitive properties of nature to measure things like time, magnetic fields, gravity, or acceleration,” explains Paul Kunz, a scientist at the US Army Research Laboratory. “For instance, a grandfather clock might use an oscillating pendulum to measure time, but small particles like cesium atoms have electrons that can be coaxed to oscillate at well-defined frequencies.”

 

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