Quantum Mechanics Basics
This principle states you cannot simultaneously know both the position and momentum of a particle with arbitrary precision.
What is the Heisenberg uncertainty principle?
This field studies the use of quantum systems to process and transmit information.
What is quantum information science?
Instead of classical gates like AND and OR, quantum computers use these.
What are quantum gates?
True or False:
Quantum computers are already powerful enough to replace your laptop.
What is False?
This is the most commonly used symbol to represent a quantum state.
What is the ket |ψ⟩?
This field studies how quantum systems can perform computations faster than classical computers.
What is Quantum Computing?
This type of cryptography uses quantum mechanics to ensure secure communication.
What is quantum key distribution (QKD)?
The word “quantum” comes from Latin and means this.
What is “how much” or “amount”?
The phenomenon where the quantum state of two particles cannot be described independently.
What is quantum entanglement?
This field uses entanglement to enable secure communication methods.
What is quantum communication?
This algorithm, developed in 1994, can factor large numbers faster than the best known classical methods.
What is Shor’s algorithm?
This fundamental unit of quantum information can exist in a superposition of 0 and 1.
What is a qubit?
This equation, central to quantum mechanics, describes how states evolve over time.
What is the Schrödinger equation?
This field models complex physical systems—like molecules or materials—using controllable quantum devices.
What is Quantum Simulation?
This search algorithm, faster than any classical equivalent, was developed by Lov Grover.
What is Grover’s algorithm?
This interpretation of quantum mechanics assumes all possible outcomes of a quantum measurement exist in multiple universes.
Qubits can be built from these two-state quantum systems—like spins, photons, or ions.
What are two-level systems?
This field uses quantum effects to measure time, gravity, or magnetic fields with extreme precision.
What is Quantum Sensing/Quantum Meteorology?
This theorem states that arbitrary quantum states cannot be copied.
What is the no-cloning theory?
This paradoxical thought experiment involves a cat that is both alive and dead until observed
What is Schrödinger’s cat?