What is superposition?! And what does it have to do with qubits and quantum technology? <p>Tai-Danae and Adam are joined by Stefan Leichenauer, VP of Engineering at SandboxAQ to make sense of this fundamental property of the quantum world.</p> <p>Want to get in touch? Write us at faq-podcast@sandboxaq.com <p/> <p> Chapters: </p> <p>00:00 Introductions </p> <p>00:26 Recap from ep. 01 </p> <p> 01:18 What is superposition?</p> <p> 02:56 Etymology of superposition </p> <p> 07:50 Ok, what's the actual definition of superposition?</p> <p> 12:07 But what about the randomness? </p> <p> 12:40 Tying a bow on one way to think about superposition </p> <p> 15:20 Let's bring in an expert! </p> <p> 16:33 How did Stefan think about superposition when he first learned about it? </p> <p> 22:10 An explanation of superposition to quantum and math novices </p> <p> 24:09 Real data explained by superposition - inherent randomness </p> <p> 26:01 Quantum observations vs non-quantum observations - randomness in outcomes </p> <p> 28:18 Does superposition mean something is doing two things at the same time? </p> <p> 30:59 A concrete example of superposition - the electron cloud </p> <p> 34:39 Historical use of the word superposition </p> <p> 36:02 Yes, but what is the position of the thing that's in superposition? </p> <p> 41:17 How can you measure the position of an electron? </p> <p> 44:49 What other data does superposition explain? </p> <p> 48:37 How can we apply superposition to create tools and application? </p> <p> 52:15 Final words of wisdom about learning superposition </p> <p> 54:39 It's a long journey to fully grasp these concepts! </p> <p> Want to learn more about what SandboxAQ does? Check out our blog: https://www.sandboxaq.com/blog </p> <p> Want an audio-only version of this podcast? Search your favorite podcast provider for "fAQ by SandboxAQ".
