Measuring the Unmeasurable
Author(s) -
Anita Asgar,
Jeremy BenShoshan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
circulation cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.621
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1941-7632
pISSN - 1941-7640
DOI - 10.1161/circinterventions.118.007215
Subject(s) - medicine , risk stratification , cardiac surgery , aortic valve replacement , cardiology , stenosis , framingham risk score , disease
“In the ultrastrong-coupling regime, light and matter are intertwined and become mixed concepts,” explains Cirio. In this strong-interaction case, the lowest energy state of a system consisting of a single atom in a cavity contains excitations in the atom ‘intertwined’ with virtual photons, which can exist only within the cavity. And just like conventional photons, these virtual photons will exert a force on the cavity mirrors as they bounce off them.
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