A Guitar-String Like Mechanical Vibrating Wire (IMAGE)

Aalto University

A Guitar-String Like Mechanical Vibrating Wire

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Electromagnetic signals can be detected and amplified almost noiselessly using a guitar-string like mechanical vibrating wire. In the ideal case the method adds only the minimum amount of noise required by quantum mechanics.

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Juha Juvonen

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