OkinawaElectron spin from a green laser moved a levitating diamond.
The Okinawa Institute team calls it the first quantum effect directly moving an object under gravity.
The laser shifts spin states in the centimeter-wide diamond’s nitrogen-vacancy centers, pushing it toward a magnet while an interferometer tracks it.
The authors say it could lead to sensors for dark matter and gravitational waves.
How each outlet framed it
- Phys.org
- emphasizes first quantum effect observed manipulating gravity-affected macroscopic object, bridges classical-quantum physics boundary
Sources: Phys.org