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Alvin Lieberman

Alvin Lieberman

CHIEF SYSTEMS ENGINEER | PE | ENGR, MSEE, BEE | NASA,FAA,IBM,NRL,USAF,USN,SSPO | S&T | RDT&E | AIAA,IEEE,NSPE,INCOSE,SPIE,ION,ANS,NDIA |

发布日期: 2025年1月31日

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Artist's depiction of a new strategy for measuring the direction of magnetic fields by exposing a cell containing roughly a hundred billion rubidium atoms to a microwave signal. (Credit: Steven Burrows/JILA) A team of physicists and engineers at the CU Boulder has discovered a new way to measure the orientation of magnetic fields using what may be the tiniest compasses around—atoms.? The group’s findings could one day lead to a host of new quantum sensors, from devices that map out the activity of the human brain to others that could help airplanes navigate the globe. The new study, published this month in the journal Optica, stems from a collaboration between physicist Cindy Regal and quantum engineer Svenja Knappe. ... By Daniel Strain

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