Why Build a Quantum Transducer?
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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Of Lifetimes and Linewidths
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
Demystifying the tardigrade-induced frequency shift with a mass, a spring, and a trip to Singapore in the year 8022.
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Putting the Mechanics in Quantum Mechanics
How the tools of quantum optomechanics could one day be used to put a macroscopic object into a quantum superposition.
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How Does an Axion Detector Work?
In which I unpack the inner workings of an axion dark matter detector, and explain why you shouldn’t hold your breath for the discovery of dark matter.
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The Uses of Natural Units
As a grad student TA for a freshman physics lab, I occasionally encountered statements like “the mass of the ball was ten.”