hmmm ... lets have a look.
10 Real-world Applications of Quantum Mechanics?
10)
The Transistor nothing to do with QM , sorry.
the people at bell labs who built the transistor did not
use QM at all.
9 )
Energy Harvesters Researchers at the University of Arizona hope to change that. Using a principle of quantum mechanics called quantum interference, they have simulated a working molecular thermoelectric material capable of turning heat into electricity.
I might add that simulation is not a part of real world!
8 )
Ultraprecise ClocksResearchers at two German universities have developed a way to suppress the noise levels by manipulating the energy states of the cesium atoms in atomic clocks.
developed a way?
is that like simulation or have they actually improved on
atomic clocks , either way QM is not responcible for atomic clocks.
a way is not a real world application!
7 )
Quantum CryptographyToday, quantum cryptography promises to be unbreakable (in theory, at least).
theory , does that mean that its a theory and not a real world application?
BTW , a theory is not a real world application.
6 )
Randomness GeneratorThe quantum world, on the other hand, is completely unpredictable,
I agree , and thus serves no purpose for predictions.
5 )
LasersIn 1917, Albert Einstein established the theoretical foundations for the laser and the maser in the paper Zur Quantentheorie der Strahlung (On the Quantum Theory of Radiation)
theory is not a real world application.
in 1947, Willis E. Lamb and R. C. Retherford found apparent stimulated emission in hydrogen spectra and effected the first demonstration of stimulated emission
he found stimulated emission.
Lamb was 33 yrs old then
just a few years out of school then and at the
beginning of his career.
Lamb is remembered as a "gifted experimentalist, and theoretician, in the best Newtonian tradition"[4] and referred to as a "rare theorist turned experimentalist."[5] In the latter part of his career he paid increasing attention to the field of quantum measurements.
Lamb FOUND the foundation of lasers , the rest of the story
is just a heap of thieves and lawsuits.
but Lamb was not a QMer when he found it.
4 )
Ultraprecise Thermometersan actual real world application.
made only possible by QM noise.
but is QM noise truly QM?
3 )
Quantum ComputersBefore quantum computing becomes a reality, scientists will have to tackle some big challenges
not a real world application.
2 )
Instantaneous CommunicationThe key to making instantaneous communication a reality may lie in something
not a real world application.
1 )
TeleportationPreviously, a team of six engineers working at IBM proved that, at least in theory, teleportation of whole objects is possible.
not a real world application.
1 out of 10 , and the 1 is uncertain.
