Quantum fluctuations have been shown to affect macroscopic objects
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Re: Quantum fluctuations have been shown to affect macroscopic objects
#2"A special case of squeezed light, known as the squeezed vacuum, forms when the average amplitude of the light is zero."
I love this. Don't ask me what it means.
Re: Quantum fluctuations have been shown to affect macroscopic objects
#3"A special case of squeezed light, known as the squeezed vacuum, forms when the average amplitude of the light is zero." I love this. Don't ask me what it means.
Such conceptually dense language! Isn't the average amplitude of every wave just zero?
Re: Quantum fluctuations have been shown to affect macroscopic objects
#4"A special case of squeezed light, known as the squeezed vacuum, forms when the average amplitude of the light is zero." I love this. Don't ask me what it means.
Such conceptually dense language! Isn't the average amplitude of every wave just zero?
Hmm, at least with an audio waveform one can have a DC offset wherein the average is not zero.
Re: Quantum fluctuations have been shown to affect macroscopic objects
#5"A special case of squeezed light, known as the squeezed vacuum, forms when the average amplitude of the light is zero." I love this. Don't ask me what it means.
Such conceptually dense language! Isn't the average amplitude of every wave just zero?
The amplitude is the difference between maximum and minimum, not the momentary value of a wave at some point.
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#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
Such conceptually dense language! Isn't the average amplitude of every wave just zero?
Hmm, at least with an audio waveform one can have a DC offset wherein the average is not zero.
The DC offset does not manifest when the waveform is translated into sound, which is an actual propagating wave, the appropriate analogy to light.
Re: Quantum fluctuations have been shown to affect macroscopic objects
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
Hmm, at least with an audio waveform one can have a DC offset wherein the average is not zero.
The DC offset does not manifest when the waveform is translated into sound, which is an actual propagating wave, the appropriate analogy to light.
particle/wave duality. it means neither fully encapsulates "light".
Re: Quantum fluctuations have been shown to affect macroscopic objects
#8On quantum interferometer, I’ve always wondered if you could use it for navigation in space. Say you send a probe to another system. Navigating the uncharted system with precise gravity measurements that also expose its kinematics would be handy.
Re: Quantum fluctuations have been shown to affect macroscopic objects
#9"A special case of squeezed light, known as the squeezed vacuum, forms when the average amplitude of the light is zero." I love this. Don't ask me what it means.
So just rapidly oscillating light?
Re: Quantum fluctuations have been shown to affect macroscopic objects
#10In gravitational wave detectors.
Heard of the Casimir effect? Two plates can experience a force from vacuum fluctuations.