Pro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoQuantum alternative to GPS navigation will be tested on US military spaceplanetheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up192arrow-down13file-text
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minus-squarekayzeekayzee@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-21 day agoDoes anyone know how much more accurate this is compared to other interferometer gyroscopes like fiber-optics?
minus-squarevrighter@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 hours agoas far as i had read about it, accurate enough to rely on for a whole flight without worrying about drift
minus-squareNatanael@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agohttps://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.add3854 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-58381-6 I’m not gonna do the math. But it seems those fiber once have a longer path relatively speaking, so higher latency
Does anyone know how much more accurate this is compared to other interferometer gyroscopes like fiber-optics?
as far as i had read about it, accurate enough to rely on for a whole flight without worrying about drift
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.add3854
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-58381-6
I’m not gonna do the math. But it seems those fiber once have a longer path relatively speaking, so higher latency