7A05.10 - Quantum Mechanics - History & Quantum Computing

Code Number:
7A05.10
Demo Title:
Quantum Mechanics - History & Quantum Computing
References:
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  • Donald A. Smith, "Quantum Mechanics in the Stars", TPT, Vol. 63, #2, Feb. 2025, p. 132.
  • Jeremy Levy, Chandralekha Singh, "Hands-On Quantum: Teaching Core Quantum Concepts with Bloch Cubes", TPT, Vol. 63, #2, Feb. 2025, p. 85.
  • Azar Khosravani, Constantin Rasinariu, "A Brief Introduction to Quantum Computing", TPT, Vol. 63, #1, Jan. 2025, p. 40.
  • Ramon E. Lopez, Karen Jo Matsler, "The Quantum for All Students and Teachers Project: Sample Activities and the Historical Storyline Linking Them", TPT, Vol. 63, #1, Jan. 2025, p. 26.
  • Jed Brody, Grant-Christopher Worthington Sykes, "Grover's Search Algorithm: An Approachable Application of Quantum Computing", TPT, Vol. 63, #1, Jan. 2025, p. 23.
  • Dominik Schneble, Tzu-Chieh Wei, Angela M. Kelly, "Quantum Information Science and Technology High School Outreach: Conceptual Progression for Introductory Principles and Programming Skills", AJP, Vol. 93, #1, Jan. 2025, p. 88.
  • Jeremy Levy, Chandralekha Singh, "Teaching Quantum Formalism and Postulates to First-Year Undergraduates", AJP, Vol. 93, #1, Jan. 2025, p. 46.
  • Zhiyang Yuan, Sounak Mukherjee, Jeff D. Thompson, Nathalie P. de Leon, Aedan Gardill, Shimon Kolkowitz, "An Instructional Lab Apparatus for Quantum Experiments with Single Nitrogen-Vacancy Centers in Diamond", AJP, Vol. 92, #11, Nov. 2024, p. 892.
  • Isador Isaac Rabi, Transcribed and Edited by R. Fraser Code, "Stories From the Early Days of Quantum Mechanics", Physics Today, Vol. 78, #1, Jan. 2025, p. 11.
  • F. J. Dyson, "Quantum Electrodynamics", Physics Today, Vol. 78, #1, Jan. 2025, p. 18.
  • Reinhold A. Bertlmann, "Magic Moments with John Bell", Physics Today, Vol. 78, #1, Jan. 2025, p. 22.
  • N. David Mermin, "Is the Moon There When Nobody Looks?  Reality and the Quantum Theory", Physics Today, Vol. 78, #1, Jan. 2025, p. 28.
  • Barbara M. Terhal, Michael M. Wolf, Andrew C. Doherty, "Quantum Entanglement: A Modern Perspective", Physics Today, Vol. 78, #1, Jan. 2025, p. 40.  
  • Daniel Gottesman, Hoi-Kwong Lo, "From Quantum Cheating to Quantum Security", Physics Today, Vol. 78, #1, Jan. 2025, p. 47.
  • Philip H. Bucksbaum, "Photon Science and Quantum Control", Physics Today, Vol. 78, #1, Jan. 2025, p. 54.
  • Christine Middleton, "What's Under the Hood of a Quantum Computer?", Physics Today, Vol. 78, #1, Jan. 2025, p. 58.
  • Sheila Dwyer, "Squeezing Quantum Noise", Physics Today, Vol. 78, #1, Jan. 2025, p. 62.

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