Quantum Squeezing of Molecules Improves Sensor Accuracy Threefold ⚡ экспресс
Original: "Creating and Probing Spin-Squeezed States of Molecules"
Physicists have applied quantum squeezing to molecules for the first time, boosting sensor sensitivity threefold.
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Calcium fluoride molecules, caught by laser tweezers, became ultrasensitive sensors. Physicists made them 'dance' in sync, squeezing quantum noise like a balloon. Normally, quantum noise disrupts precise measurements, but in squeezed states it gets redistributed—accuracy triples. Now molecules can detect the tiniest magnetic fields or hints of new physics beyond the Standard Model.
🎯 Until now, quantum squeezing had only been achieved with single atoms or ions; molecules—much more complex objects—have been used for the first time.