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Contact between laboratory instruments and equations of quantum mechanics

John M. Myers, F. Hadi Madjid

abstract: Ambiguity in the contact between laboratory instruments and equations of quantum mechanics is formulated in terms of responses of the instruments to commands transmitted to them by a Classical digital Process-control Computer (CPC); in this way instruments are distinguished from quantum-mechanical models (sets of equations) that specify what is desired of the instruments. Results include: (1) a formulation of quantum mechanics adapted to computer-controlled instruments; (2) a lower bound on the precision of unitary transforms required for quantum searching and a lower bound on sample size needed to show that instruments implement a desired model at that precision; (3) a lower bound on precision of timing required of a CPC in directing instruments; (4) a demonstration that guesswork is necessary in ratcheting up the precision of commands.

oai_identifier:
oai:arXiv.org:quant-ph/0005007
categories:
quant-ph
comments:
19 pages, prepared for SPIE AeroSense 2000
arxiv_id:
quant-ph/0005007
created:
2000-05-01

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