Zhang Discusses Quantum Information Science on Daily Wildcat Podcast

MSE assistant professor Zheshen Zhang recently appeared on Behind The Beaker, the University of Arizona student newspaper the Daily Wildcat's science podcast, to discuss his research on the experimental and theoretical aspects of quantum information science, such as quantum entanglement.

"What lies at the core of quantum technology is some sort of unique quantum resource, such as entangled photons," Zhang said. "This is kind of counterintuitive. You have two particles, or two objects, and once they are entangled, they can be separated over a long distance, but even if they are far apart, they still talk to each other and affect each other's states. In other words, they are strongly correlated with each other, and such a  strong correlation can be leveraged for sensing applications to improve measuerment or performance. It can be used in communication to provide an extra level of security or to build a quantum computer with a lot of computational power."

Listen to understand how this research could improve sensor-based systems ranging from vehicle navigation to communication and medical imaging.