In this episode, we’re moving from theory to applications. Where are qubits, superposition, and entanglement used in the real world? In this episode, Tai-Danae and Adam are joined by physicist Stefan Bogdanovic to discuss one example — nitrogen vacancy centers in diamonds — and how they are used as quantum sensors for medical applications and more. Want to get in touch? Write us at [email protected] Chapters: 0:00 Entanglement is a fuel! 3:24 Adam’s overview of the quantum tech ecosystem 5:34 A rough sketch of NV centers 8:51 Introducing special guest Stefan Bogdanovic 12:30 Stefan’s explanation of NV centers 14:10 Why are NV centers useful? How are they produced? 19:01 How is an NV center a sensor? 28:35 Different materials have different pros/cons 30:15 Superposition plays a role with NV centers 33:09 Entanglement can also play a role! 36:46 Other applications of NV centers 43:05 What’s in the future for NV centers? 45:32 NV centers and quantum computers? 49:01 Closing thoughts Host Bios: Adam Green is the Head of Science Education at SandboxAQ. He earned a PhD in ecology and evolutionary biology from the University of Rochester in 2011 and was previously the Director of US Academic Content at Khan Academy before joining Sandbox. Tai-Danae Bradley is a research mathematician at SandboxAQ. She earned a PhD in mathematics from the CUNY Graduate Center in 2020 and is creator of the mathematics blog, Math3ma, and a former cohost of PBS Infinite Series. Want to learn more about what SandboxAQ does? Check out our blog: https://www.sandboxaq.com/blog Want an video version of this podcast? Go to: https://youtu.be/HNalDyK_qFs