Listening to quantum radio

Researchers at Delft University of Technology have created a quantum circuit to listen to the weakest radio signal allowed by quantum mechanics. This new quantum circuit opens the door to possible future applications in areas such as radio astronomy and medicine (MRI). It also enables experiments to shed light on the interplay between quantum mechanics and gravity. The results have been published in Science.

Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2019-03-quantum-radio.html#jCp

Tau.Neutrino said:

Listening to quantum radio

Researchers at Delft University of Technology have created a quantum circuit to listen to the weakest radio signal allowed by quantum mechanics. This new quantum circuit opens the door to possible future applications in areas such as radio astronomy and medicine (MRI). It also enables experiments to shed light on the interplay between quantum mechanics and gravity. The results have been published in Science.

Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2019-03-quantum-radio.html#jCp

That actually makes a heck of a lot of sense.

We’re familiar with counting photons of gamma rays (geiger counter), all the way down the electromagnetism scale past visible light to infrared. But beyond that, to microwaves and radio, I hadn’t heard of that.

It opens up new possibilities in radio communication.