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  • 11Quantum theory — may mean:In science: * Old quantum theory under the Bohr model * Quantum mechanics, an umbrella term sometimes for all of quantum physics, but sometimes for just non relativistic theories * Quantum field theory, a generic type of relativistic… …

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  • 12Optics and Spectroscopy — is scientific journal, English version of the Russian journal Оптика и спектроскопия (optika i spektroskopiya), founded in 1956. It publishes research and review papers on a monthly basis. Covers various topics of spectroscopy of electromagnetic… …

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  • 13Quantum electronics — is the area of physics dealing with the effects of quantum mechanics on the behaviour of electrons in matter, and their interactions with photons.It is today rarely considered a subfield in its own right, as it has been absorbed by other fields:… …

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  • 14Optics — For the book by Sir Isaac Newton, see Opticks. Optical redirects here. For the musical artist, see Optical (artist). Optics includes study of dispersion of light. Optics is the branch of …

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  • 15Quantum mechanics — For a generally accessible and less technical introduction to the topic, see Introduction to quantum mechanics. Quantum mechanics …

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  • 16Quantum channel — In quantum information theory, a quantum channel is a communication channel which can transmit quantum information, as well as classical information. An example of quantum information is the state of a qubit. An example of classical information… …

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  • 17Quantum computer — A quantum computer is a device for computation that makes direct use of distinctively quantum mechanical phenomena, such as superposition and entanglement, to perform operations on data. In a classical (or conventional) computer, information is… …

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  • 18Quantum information — For the journal with this title, see Historical Social Research. In quantum mechanics, quantum information is physical information that is held in the state of a quantum system. The most popular unit of quantum information is the qubit, a two… …

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  • 19Quantum finite automata — In quantum computing, quantum finite automata or QFA are a quantum analog of probabilistic automata. They are related to quantum computers in a similar fashion as finite automata are related to Turing machines. Several types of automata may be… …

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  • 20quantum mechanics — quantum mechanical, adj. Physics. a theory of the mechanics of atoms, molecules, and other physical systems that are subject to the uncertainty principle. Abbr.: QM Cf. nonrelativistic quantum mechanics, relativistic quantum mechanics. [1920 25]… …

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