Re:Two atomic clocks have been quantum entangled for the fir...
by ngcc_hk on Friday September 09, 2022 @10:16PM
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The polarised one is really crazy as it is macroscopic and daily life.
Re:Two atomic clocks have been quantum entangled for the fir...
by denton-scratch on Saturday September 10, 2022 @06:03AM
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It's also dead easy to do - use a cheap laser pointer, a tinfoil cap with a pinhole, and some polarising lenses from an optician (he gave me a couple for free).
You can tell the particles are in a superposition because they behave differently than those in a static state:
- Double-split experiment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-slit_experiment - only particles in a superposition create interference patterns
- Bell's paradox: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7jctqKsUMA, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiyKxhETXd8 - entangled particles in a superposition can be measured to make predictions with more confidence than if they were simply static particles with different states
I guess a good search term would be "Polarized light and quantum mechanics" because IMO polarized light is a good example which you can even simulate yourself if you have a polarizing filter (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcqZHYo7ONs&t=736s, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZudziPffS9E, https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Physical_and_Theoret...)