Chapter 223 Don't panic, we are all professional
Quantum Research Institute.
Qi Wanpeng was introducing the situation here to Xu Qingzhou.
"We are mainly responsible for the research and development of key equipment such as quantum entanglement sources, quantum experimental control and processing machines."
"Our quantum communication laboratory, oh, yes, that is the laboratory where you are interning now, is currently focusing on the research and development and application experiments of quantum communication technology, including the verification and testing of core technologies such as quantum key distribution and quantum teleportation."
Xu Qingzhou nodded from time to time. There are many laboratories under a research institute, including the space environment laboratory, the basic quantum physics laboratory, and their laboratory.
On this side, Qi Wanpeng looked at the talented young man out of the corner of his eye. He had a handsome face, and although he always had a maturity that exceeded his peers, there was still a hint of immaturity on his face.
He said with some emotion: "Junior brother, you are the first undergraduate to come here to work."
When he was 18 and 19 years old, he was still thinking about how to get a full scholarship.
"It's all luck." Xu Qingzhou has always been very humble.
Qi Wanpeng smiled, introduced the project, and chatted in a relaxed tone: "Junior brother, do you know what we are studying this quantum satellite for?"
Xu Qingzhou smiled and said: "The first point is to conduct experiments on high-speed quantum key distribution between space and ground. We hope to experiment with wide-area quantum key networks on this basis, and finally to achieve practical application of quantum communication in space."
“Second, in the future we will distribute entangled photons in space, experiment with quantum teleportation, and test the completeness of quantum mechanics at the spatial scale.”
"That's great, Junior Brother."
Qi Wanpeng gave a thumbs up, secretly sighing that he was worthy of being someone who could enter the project as an undergraduate student. He summarized the function of the satellite in a logically complete, concise and clear manner.
He also said:
"For us, it's not just about answering the relationship between quantum mechanics and gravity, but more importantly, through this satellite, we can explore a question that physicists are very concerned about."
“Is it possible for quantum physics to be unified with general relativity?”
Speaking of this, Qi Wanpeng's eyes were filled with excitement and anticipation.
Xu Qingzhou sighed in his heart. Not to mention now, even after seventeen years, no one would be able to complete this task.
At present, the four known fundamental interactions, electromagnetic, weak interaction, and strong interaction, have all been quantized and unified.
The quantization of gravitational force has never been achieved.
Quantum mechanics and general relativity, which explains gravity, are the two pillars of modern physics, and any theoretical work that attempts to combine the two into one is quite difficult.
However, there has been considerable progress in the field of physics seventeen years later. After all, even the lunar base and Mars project have been launched.
Physicists including him have a vague feeling, or are expecting that in a few years, the whole world may usher in the fourth scientific and technological revolution.
Unfortunately, he died suddenly.
Physics Unification
Maybe he could try it in the future?
Seeing Xu Qingzhou lost in thought, Qi Wanpeng thought Xu Qingzhou was lamenting that he was almost thirty years old and still so naive, so he smiled embarrassedly and said, "I'm sorry to make you laugh, Junior Brother. I'm an idealist, and my thoughts are a bit naive."
"I think that as a scientific researcher, you should have a beautiful vision for the future. If you focus entirely on reality, your thinking will be limited and you may even feel a little hopeless."
Xu Qingzhou said seriously.
"Yes, that's it!" Qi Wanpeng's eyes were burning, as if he had found a soulmate.
Under the guidance of Qi Wanpeng, Xu Qingzhou first went to apply for an access card, registered relevant information at the institute, and signed a confidentiality agreement. He also went to the temporary dormitory to take a look and received a set of bedding and toiletries. This is how it is when doing experiments. Staying up late to work overtime and not being able to go home is the norm. Needless to say, the treatment at the institute is that even interns like him have a subsidy of tens of thousands of yuan.
Before entering the laboratory, Qi Wanpeng said:
"By the way, besides you, our lab has recently received two interns, one in the first year of graduate school and one in the first year of doctoral school. They joined the project in early April."
Xu Qingzhou nodded. Although it was only May, many supervisors had already asked their new students to come over early to do odd jobs and adapt to the future research status in advance.
9:.
Xu Qingzhou felt a surge of emotion as he looked at the various familiar experimental equipment. In addition to those who were working in the laboratory and those who were out on projects, there were four other people in the office.
The middle-aged man in the corner is Zhong Yongtao, a professor at the University of Science and Technology. The young man on the left is Xing Yuancheng, a doctor from Nanjing University.
The man and woman on the right who were curiously observing Xu Qingzhou were the two interns Qi Wanpeng had just mentioned. The man was He Dang, a first-year doctoral student at USTC, and the girl was Deng Ziyi, a first-year graduate student at Shuimu University.
Xu Qingzhou greeted everyone and said that he hoped to receive more guidance in the future.
"Xiao Xu, here are some materials. You can take a look at them first."
Zhong Yongtao picked up a stack of documents from the side and handed them to Xu Qingzhou: "We belong to the computing group. We need to use the knowledge of matrices and linear algebra to deal with the evolution and measurement of quantum states, etc. You should familiarize yourself with the content here as soon as possible."
"Well, no problem." Xu Qingzhou nodded and sat down in the office seat assigned to him with the documents.
Because everyone was busy, there was no greeting or anything like that. Everyone was busy with their own work.
Xu Qingzhou also began to calm down and read the information, which included the goals, progress, work plans, etc. of this laboratory.
According to the project schedule, the laboratory will complete the ground-to-space optical docking test between the quantum science experimental satellite system and the scientific application system by the end of February next year at the latest to verify whether the integrated ground-to-space experimental system can meet the requirements of scientific goals.
After all, this is the world's first quantum communication satellite. Quantum experiments are very complex and require unusually high experimental equipment. As far as Xu Qingzhou knows, it was quite difficult to advance it at that time, and now.
While Xu Qingzhou was reading, He Dang and Deng Ziyi next door looked around and started chatting privately.
Deng Ziyi: "Wow, Senior Brother, the new intern is actually Xu Qingzhou!"
He Dang: "I didn't expect it was him either, he looks too young."
Deng Ziyi: "I've seen his information before, he's not even 19 yet, what a super invincible genius!"
He Dang: "In the field of mathematics, this person is definitely one in a million."
Deng Ziyi: "Brother, you said he is so good at math, why didn't he continue to study math in depth instead of taking advantage of his success?"
He Dang: "He is also good at physics. I have read two of his papers on quantum mechanics. They are very well written."
Deng Ziyi: "I am so good at math and physics, the pressure is so great (weak)."
He Dang glanced at Xu Qingzhou who was reading a book beside him, and typed again: "Don't panic, don't panic. He majored in mathematics and learned physics later. We are both professional. At least I will not be worse than him in physics."
Deng Ziyi: "That's true. At the age of 19, it's incredible that he has solved two world mathematical problems. He probably doesn't have that much time and energy to study physics."
He Dang: "The advantage is mine."
Deng Ziyi: "The advantage is mine."
(End of this chapter)
