quantum limit
nounEtymology The spectroscopic sense is first attested in the 1920s; the measurement sense was coined by Vladimir Braginsky in a 1967 paper, and was originally restricted to the study of gravitational waves.
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The limit on measurement accuracy at quantum scales due to back-action effects.
Quantum mechanics
- "This book is essential reading for all scientists and engineers the potential applications of technology near the quantum limit."1995, Vladimir Borisovich Braginskiĭ, Farid Ya. Khalili, Quantum Measurement, →ISBN, page i:
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The shortest wavelength in an X-ray spectrum.
- "The voltage and wave-length at the quantum limit of the spectrum under investigation are denoted by ν₀ and λ₀."1935, Donald Stover Piston, The Polarization of X-rays from Thin Targets, page 4:
- Derived terms
- standard quantum limit