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  • Why Build a Quantum Transducer?

    ByBen Brubaker June 23, 2022October 22, 2025

    A deep dive into the motivation for my postdoc research. What do microwaves and lasers have to do with communication? And what changes when I add the word “quantum” twice to every sentence?

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  • On Error

    ByBen Brubaker April 1, 2022November 24, 2022

    Say the answer you get is 3 when you’re supposed to get 4. Did you do something wrong? And how does that make you feel?

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  • Of Lifetimes and Linewidths

    ByBen Brubaker January 26, 2022October 22, 2025

    Resonance can help us understand a deep connection between time and frequency that applies to all waves, from light to sound to quantum physics.

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  • Frequency Shifts Do Not Imply Quantum Entanglement

    ByBen Brubaker January 3, 2022November 24, 2022

    Demystifying the tardigrade-induced frequency shift with a mass, a spring, and a trip to Singapore in the year 8022.

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Measuring in Reflection is a blog about how physicists make sense of the world (and occasionally other things). You can read more about me here, and more about the premise of the blog  here.

The cover photo for this blog, which quite literally shows a measurement apparatus in reflection, was taken by Mike Bailey. You can find more of his cool photography here.

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