Quantum-optics
noun
1.
the branch of optics dealing with light as a stream of photons, each possessing a quantum of energy proportional to the frequency of light when it is considered as a wave motion.
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- Quantum-statistics
noun, Physics, Chemistry. 1. the branch of statistical mechanics that incorporates quantum mechanics. noun 1. (functioning as sing) (physics) statistics concerned with the distribution of a number of identical elementary particles, atoms, ions, or molecules among possible quantum states quantum statistics Any of various kinds of statistical mechanics that assume quantum mechanical behavior of particles.
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- Quantum-system
noun 1. a theoretical or actual system based on quantum physics, as a supercomputer.
- Quantum-theory
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