New Book by Prof. Mark Beck – Great Complement to Our diy Quantum Physics Book!
Prof. Mark Beck from the Dept. of Physics at Whitman College recently published an excellent book titled “Quantum Mechanics: Theory and Experiment.” It is written for an advanced...
View Articlediy Scintillation Probe for Ludlum Ratemeters Using Surplus XP3312/SQ PMT
Ludlum general-purpose ratemeters are professional-grade instruments that are available on the secondary market at affordable prices. They are compatible with a wide variety of probes, making them a...
View ArticleIn Memoriam – Dr. Akira Tonomura (1942-2012)
We recently learned the sad news that Dr. Akira Tonomura – a truly great experimentalist – passed away on May 2, 2012 during the course of treatment on pancreatic cancer. We have been great admirers of...
View ArticleSchematics for Fast Pulse Amplifier for Macroscopic Entanglement Detection
A recent paper entitled “Displacing entanglement back and forth between the micro and macro domains” discusses the experimental possibility of displacing quantum entanglement into the domain where it...
View ArticleUsing Surplus Photonis XP2422/SN PMTs in Scintillation Probes
We prepared a short note on how to build a dynode voltage divider network for inexpensive surplus XP2422/SN photomultiplier tubes. The XP2422/SN PMT is especially suited for gamma-ray spectral...
View ArticleAir to Ground Quantum Key Distribution Achieved
From Phys.org: “A team of German physicists has successfully demonstrated an ability to perform quantum key distribution (QKD) exchange between an airplane in flight and a ground station, paving the...
View ArticleLoved the Book “How the Hippies Saved Physics” by David Kaiser
I just finished the book “How the Hippies Saved Physics” by David Kaiser and absolutely loved! The book was fun and immensely educational regarding the seemingly unlikely seed of modern-day quantum...
View ArticleFair Sampling Loophole Closed for Test of Violation of Bell’s Inequality
A very interesting article by Bernhard Wittmann, Sven Ramelow, Fabian Steinlechner, Nathan K Langford, Nicolas Brunner, Howard M Wiseman, Rupert Ursin,and Anton Zeilinger, entitled “Loophole-free...
View ArticleEG&G SPCM-AQR-13-FC Single Photon Counting Module on eBay (no relation to...
I HAVE NO RELATION TO SELLER – Just passing along in case someone is interested. eBay item number 271206242864: “The EG&G (or Perkin Elmer) SPCM-AQR is a self-contained module which detects single...
View ArticleReader-Built e/m Measurement System Showcased on YouTube
Javier De Elias Cantalapiedra from Madrid, Spain posted the YouTube video above to show the e/m measurement system that he put together based on the description in our book. His measurement system is...
View ArticleVideo of Shanni’s Lecture on Entangled Photon Generation at HaD SuperCon
Shanni presented on “Construction of an Entangled Photon Source for Experimenting with Quantum Technologies” at the 2015 Hackaday SuperConference. Her lecture has been uploaded by Hackaday and is...
View ArticleRebuild of my diy Image Intensifier System for QP Experiments
After many years of use, the image intensifier tube (IIT) in the image intensifier system that I use for my experiments in quantum physics developed some nasty half-moon shadows in the periphery, so I...
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