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Quantum Cryptography
Published in Shashi Bhushan, Manoj Kumar, Pramod Kumar, Renjith V. Ravi, Anuj Kumar Singh, Holistic Approach to Quantum Cryptography in Cyber Security, 2023
Quantum superposition is a key standard of quantum components that hold an actual framework existing incompletely in its whole specific hypothetically potential states (or, setup of its properties) at the same time; yet when estimated or noticed, it gives an outcome related to just one of the potential designs.
Quantum Computing Application for Satellites and Satellite Image Processing
Published in Thiruselvan Subramanian, Archana Dhyani, Adarsh Kumar, Sukhpal Singh Gill, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Blockchain in Quantum Satellite, Drone and Network, 2023
Ajay Kumar, B.S. Tewari, Kamal Pandey
Quantum technologies are highly promising due to some unique features like quantum superposition and quantum entanglement. The quantum superposition allows multiple inputs in the form of qubits (|0> and |1>) which in turn reduces the inherent operations (computation process) to achieve output value. Due to the minimum number of operations in quantum computation, the speed of such quantum-based systems increases in an apparent manner.
Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
Published in Caroline Desgranges, Jerome Delhommelle, A Mole of Chemistry, 2020
Caroline Desgranges, Jerome Delhommelle
Let us add the famous story about Schrödinger’s cat. In 1935, Schrödinger proposes a thought experiment in which a hypothetical cat in a box may be “living and dead […] in equal parts”, a state known as a quantum superposition. However, to find if the cat is alive or dead, the observer has to open the box and, therefore, to interfere with the experiment. The observer is then entangled with the experiment. This illustrates that taking into account both possible states with their probability will lead to correct predictions, while assuming that the cat is in only one of the two states will likely give incorrect results.
Quantum technology a tool for sequencing of the ratio DSS/DNA modifications for the development of new DNA-binding proteins
Published in Egyptian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 2022
Adamu Yunusa Ugya, Kamel Meguellati
Quantum technology is a new field of physics and engineering that is based on quantum physics principles. Quantum computing, quantum sensors, quantum cryptography, quantum simulation, quantum metrology, and quantum imaging are all examples of quantum technologies that use quantum mechanics properties, particularly quantum entanglement, quantum superposition, and quantum tunneling [85]. Any science concerned with systems that display noticeable quantum-mechanical effects, where waves have particle qualities and particles behave like waves, is referred to as quantum physics. Quantum mechanics has applications in both explaining natural events and developing technology that rely on quantum effects, such as integrated circuits and lasers [86]. Quantum mechanics is also crucial for understanding how covalent bonds connect individual atoms to form molecules. Quantum chemistry is the application of quantum mechanics to chemistry. Quantum mechanics may also demonstrate which molecules are energetically favorable to which others and the magnitudes of the energy involved in ionic and covalent bonding processes [86]. The algebraic determination of the hydrogen spectrum by [87] and the treatment of diatomic molecules by [88] were the earliest applications of quantum mechanics to physical systems. Modern technology operates on a scale where quantum effects are significant in many ways. Quantum chemistry, quantum optics, quantum computing, superconducting magnets, light-emitting diodes, the optical amplifier and laser, the transistor and semiconductors such as the microprocessor, and medical and research imaging such as magnetic resonance imaging and electron microscopy are all important applications of quantum theory. Many biological and physical phenomena, most notably the macromolecule DNA, have explanations based on the nature of chemical bonds. Multiple governments have established quantum technology exploration programs since 2010, including the UK National Quantum Technologies Programme [89], which created four quantum ‘hubs’, the Singapore Center for Quantum Technologies, and QuTech, a Dutch center to develop a topological quantum computer [90]. The European Union launched the Quantum Technology Flagship in 2016, a €1 billion, ten-year megaproject comparable to the European Future and Emerging Technologies Flagship initiatives. The National Quantum Initiative Act, passed in December 2018, allocates a $1 billion annual budget for quantum research in the United States. Large corporations have made multiple investments in quantum technology in the private sector. Google’s collaboration with the John Martinis group at UCSB, various relationships with D-wave Systems, a Canadian quantum computing business, and investment by many UK corporations in the UK quantum technologies initiative are just a few examples [91].