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Physicists squeezed the quantum jitter of an atom, restoring sharpness to interference fringes.
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Atomic jitter long hindered quantum experiments — like a shaking flashlight prevents you from seeing the picture clearly. Physicists 'squeezed' this jitter with optical tweezers, suppressing the noise. Interference sharpness soared past the forbidden threshold, opening the era of jitter-free quantum measurements.
🎯 The squeezing effect here reaches 7.6 decibels — roughly the volume difference between a normal conversation and a whisper in a library.