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A massive squeeze

A Cooper-pair box qubit is used to squeeze the energy of a heavy oscillating membrane towards a quantum energy eigenstate, bringing measurements of how mass and quantum mechanics interact one step closer.

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Fig. 1: Controlling the quantum state of a massive membrane.

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Gely, M., Steele, G.A. A massive squeeze. Nat. Phys. 17, 299–300 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-020-01103-0

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