Clouds of Supercooled Atoms Offer Highly Sensitive Rotation Sensors and Tests of Quantum Mechanics (IMAGE)

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory

Clouds of Supercooled Atoms Offer Highly Sensitive Rotation Sensors and Tests of Quantum Mechanics

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A schematic of an atomtronic SQUID shows semicircular traps that separate clouds of atoms, which quantum mechanically interfere when the device is rotated.

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Los Alamos National Laboratory

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