World Quantum Day - 14th April
World Quantum Day aims to promote public understanding of quantum science and technology around the world. The UK is at the forefront of research into Quantum Technology, where physics pushes the cutting edge of technological innovation.
The resources in this collection can be used with students aged 14-19 with some coming from the UK National Quantum Technologies programme which brings A-level physics and computer science bang up-to-date. Students will see how the physics they learn about, and the practical activities they carry out, directly relate to future careers.
You can read about how your students can be inspired by Quantum Technologies here.
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Mini lectures: quantum mechanics
This lecture from the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings outlines the development of the field of quantum mechanics. The lecture describes the work of Planck, Einstein and Bohr and includes the idea of wave-particle duality, the photoelectric effect to Bohr's model of atomic structure. The lecture's emphasis is on the...
What is quantum mechanical spin
This video explains the term spin. It introduces the idea of a magnetic dipole in electrons and shows how, in an external magnetic field, electron spins can be aligned or opposed (different quantum states).
However, when considering just two electrons coupled together the possible quantum positions becomes...
How does a quantum computer work?
This video compares the language used by classical computers (0 and 1) with that used by quantum computers (qubits). Qubits can be photons, nuclei or electrons. In this video the use of electrons is explained as follows. To be able to measure something it must change and for electrons their ability to occupy...
How to make a quantum bit
This video explains that to compute the prime factors in a 2048 number would take a classical computer years, yet the ability of a quantum computer to use superposition, which reduces the number of steps to complete a computation, makes it possible in minutes.
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