Quantum Squeezing Animation (IMAGE)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Quantum Squeezing Animation

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Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have harnessed the phenomenon of 'quantum squeezing' to amplify and measure trillionths-of-a-meter motions of a lone trapped magnesium ion (electrically charged atom).

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Daniel Slichter and Shaun Burd/NIST

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