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quantum limit — noun a) The limit on measurement accuracy at quantum scales due to back action effects. This book is essential reading for all scientists and engineers the potential applications of technology near the quantum limit. b) The shortest wavelength in … Wiktionary
quantum limit — minimum wavelength … Medical dictionary
Quantum noise — is uncertainty of some physical quantity due to its quantum origin.In the case of number of particles (photons or electrons), the quantum noise is also called shot noise. Most optical communications use amplitude modulation. In this case, the… … Wikipedia
Quantum amplifier — In physics, the term quantum amplifier may refer to any device, which use some non classical (quantum) effects for amplification of signal. In this sense, the active element of an optical laser can be considered as quantum amplifier.The weak… … Wikipedia
Quantum entanglement — Quantum mechanics Uncertainty principle … Wikipedia
Quantum superposition — is the fundamental law of quantum mechanics. It defines the allowed state space of a quantum mechanical system.In Probability theory, every possible event has a positive number associated to it, the probability, which gives the chance that it… … Wikipedia
quantum mechanics — quantum mechanical, adj. Physics. a theory of the mechanics of atoms, molecules, and other physical systems that are subject to the uncertainty principle. Abbr.: QM Cf. nonrelativistic quantum mechanics, relativistic quantum mechanics. [1920 25]… … Universalium
Quantum indeterminacy — is the apparent necessary incompleteness in the description of a physical system, that has become one of the characteristics of the standard description of quantum physics. Prior to quantum physics, it was thought that (a) a physical system had a … Wikipedia
Quantum dissipation — is the branch of physics that studies the quantum analogous of the process of irreversible loss of energy observed at the classical level. Its main purpose is to derive the laws of classical dissipation from the framework of quantum mechanics. It … Wikipedia
Quantum decoherence — Quantum mechanics Uncertainty principle … Wikipedia
