← Quantum Mechanics
Topic 12 of 12
Modern Applications
The mathematical framework built up in this course underlies some of the most important technologies of the last century — and the next.
Semiconductors
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Entangled systems
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Quantum Computing
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Key Takeaways
- Semiconductor devices rely on the quantized band structure of electrons in a periodic potential
- Entangled systems have correlations that cannot be explained by any local, classical theory
- Quantum computing uses superposition and entanglement to manipulate information in fundamentally new ways