Precision without entanglement

Press release issued: 4 December 2007

The viewpoint by a University of Bristol academic on a recent experiment, which shows that exotic quantum processes are not necessary to reach the ultimate limits of measurements, is reported in the international journal Science.

Dr Jeremy O’Brien, Reader in Research at the Centre for Quantum Photonics in the Department of Physics and the Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, said: “All science is founded on measurement and improvements in precision have led not just to more detailed knowledge but also to new fundamental understanding.”

Science, Perspectives, PHYSICS: Precision Without Entanglement, Jeremy L. O'Brien, Science 30 November 2007: Vol 318, Issue 5855, pages 1393-1394.

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