Counting grains of sound

Albert Schliesser ()

Nature, 2019, vol. 571, issue 7766, 480-481

Abstract: Sound and vibration come in discrete units called phonons, in the same way that light exists as photons. A superconducting device that can count phonons could lead to advances in quantum-information processing.

Keywords: Quantum physics; Nanoscience and technology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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