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Muthu A

@tamilthought.bsky.social
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Software Engineer, AI/ML Compilers, தமிழ், Quantum & Nonlinear Optics, Dad, Husband, SF Bay Area. Consulting calendly.com/photonique/muthu-annam…

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is obviously a national-scale story, is it being reported anywhere but the Phoenix New Times?
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SPIE @spie.org · 06/10/2026
Antarctic ice is helping us see some of the universe’s most elusive particles.🔭 Francis Halzen has received the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to IceCube and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos. 💡 Read more: bit.ly/4zjCbat
Congratulations message for the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics winner, Francis Halzen, on a red background. Includes an illustrated portrait.
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Optica @optica.org · 28/09/2026
#FiO26 has begun! 🤩 What are you attending today? Today, 28 September, you can find sessions covering #SpaceOptics, #quantum information processing, deep learning and more. Make sure you stop for a coffee break at Riverside Court to chat with your colleagues!
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Muthu A @tamilthought.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
David Wineland, Quantum Optics pioneer and Nobel Laureate at 2025 FiO in Denver, CO.
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Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
www.irishtimes.com/environment/... Someone out there is thinking of the good things we can do with technology. 🐠 🐟 🪸
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Irish scientists lay 3D-printed reefs in pioneering bid to restore deep-sea coral
Artificial reef project aims to speed up recovery process after decades of damage by commercial fishing ships
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 19/09/2026
Okay, this got me.
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Muthu A @tamilthought.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
TIL Murakami book title was inspired by this song
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Nature @nature.com · 13/03/2025
Nature research paper: An ultra-broadband photonic-chip-based parametric amplifier go.nature.com/41J7Jr6
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An ultra-broadband photonic-chip-based parametric amplifier - Nature
An optical parametric amplifier based on integrated photonic circuits fabricated using low-loss gallium phosphide-on-silicon dioxide demonstrates improved bandwidth and gain performance over state-of-the-art erbium-doped fibre amplifiers while maintaining a low noise figure.
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Muthu A @tamilthought.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Use of michelson interferometer in dark state configuration and reducing photon number variance(radiation pressure variance) by squeezing on photon number quadrature can be a useful in improving sensitivity of the LIGO experiment
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Muthu A @tamilthought.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Imaging beyond diffraction limit where detector noise can be mitigated by the squeezed vacuum injection is another useful application
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Muthu A @tamilthought.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Advent of Gaussian Boson Sampling experiments had yielded a significant route for optical CV-quantum computation especially where distribution sampling tomography can yield the desired solutions
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Muthu A @tamilthought.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
optical parametric amplifiers are capable of generating multitude squeezed states of light for use in both vacuum squeezed states as well as bright squeezed states in multimode squeezing applications
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Muthu A @tamilthought.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Squeezed light is used in both Squeezed Vacuum, as well as Squeezed Bright light each with correspondent uses (compensate for detector noise in former and generating sub-poissonian light in latter)
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Muthu A @tamilthought.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Squeezed light continues to move beyong single mode applications into multimode spatially squeezed modes which leads to Quantum Imaging. Photon quadrature are squeezed pairs, Photon number and phase are quadrature pairs etc. 1/2
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Muthu A @tamilthought.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Leonard Mandel, whom ECG Sudharshan recruited to Univ of Rochester, laid foundations of balanced homodyne detection and enabled field measurement of optical fields instead of just intensity by use of this clever interferometric technique
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Muthu A @tamilthought.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Quantum states of light that are squeezed in any quadrature can have an ability to improve measurement noise along that quadrature beyond the standard quantum limit
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Muthu A @tamilthought.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Squeezed light has been one of the most deequently accessed modalities of Squeezed states
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Muthu A @tamilthought.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
while theoretically prophesied till the 1970s we have experimental evidence since the 1980s and applications since the 90s.
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Muthu A @tamilthought.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Starting from Heisenberg microscope to the LIGO advanced detectors there is a big story of squeezed light
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Muthu A @tamilthought.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If you have worked in Quantum Optics or have knowledge of Squeezed Light or Squeezed quantum states and like to share your story with me please drop me a line muthu@panmo.cloud
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Muthu A @tamilthought.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
writing a book and re-reading my dissertation has been significantly helped by literature search has propelled toward this attempt to write it all down
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Muthu A @tamilthought.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I've been writing about squeezed light based on some curiosity triggered by my phd work on multimode traveling wave parametric amplifier research; two years ago i planned to write a book on "Measuring Beyond the Quantum Limit : Squeezed Light"
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Muthu A @tamilthought.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
some of the fun and surprising stuff one can learn from Quantum Optics is the following: - spontaneous emission is stimulated emission by zero point vacuum fluctuations - Maxwells equations are true up to the single photon level this story of light is so fascinating
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Muthu A @tamilthought.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
AI agents and automated Biology🧬 CRISPR automated cell lines will be problematic
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Muthu A @tamilthought.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"can em fields exist with phase shift between E and B components?" appare yes
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Muthu A @tamilthought.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
got my vaccine shot for flu; covid-19 was updated earlier in the year too. So vaccine folks is there a thing like fall and spring vaccines ?
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
No shit, 100% agree here.
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San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 16/09/2026
It’s one of the toughest job markets for new graduates in the past decade, and landing a job in the Bay Area has become particularly daunting.
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The Bay Area has become a brutal place to start a career — and not just in tech
It’s one of the toughest job markets for new graduates in the past decade, and landing a job in the Bay Area has become particularly daunting.
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Berkeley Lab @berkeleylab.lbl.gov · 12/09/2026
#ICYMI: Dark matter researchers have seen something unusual in the LZ detector. Physicist Richard Gaitskell talks with @scifri.bsky.social about the hunt for a #DarkMatter particle and what’s so interesting about the recent result.
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Did scientists just find a dark matter particle? Maybe
The LUX-ZEPLIN detector picked up a strange signal that scientists haven't cracked yet. Could it be a dark matter interaction?
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Rachel Alter, MD MPH @rachelalter007.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This infectious disease doc in training encourages you to get your flu and COVID shots this season! Preferably somewhere you get paid to do so. Thrilled with my $20 credit toward groceries for protecting myself from severe flu and covid infections!
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Thad @tyranicus.net · 11/09/2026
Just got my flu and covid boosters. I'll be sure to take some Tylenol when my arm aches to ensure maximum levels of autism.
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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Texas is delaying its typical September 1 release of maternal mortality data until December 1, conveniently timed to be after the midterm election. Recent reports have shown a sharp rise in ectopic pregnancy deaths after the abortion ban went into effect. www.austinchronicle.com/news/texas-p...
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Texas’ Pregnancy Death Report Set to Release After Midterms • The Austin Chronicle
Texas’ Pregnancy Death Report Set to Release After Midterms
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/09/2026
President Trump wants to soften one of the strongest legal protections American workers have: the right to hold an employer accountable when retirement savings are mishandled. Here's what you need to know:
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Wall Street Wants to Change the Rules for Your 401(k). It Could Put Your Retirement at Risk.
Financial firms want a bigger piece of the $10 trillion in America’s 401(k) plans, and the Trump administration is planning a regulatory rollback to encourage  less-regulated — and often riskier — inv...
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CYNC Verity Media @cvmedia.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Thousands in Los Angeles are living in cars, vans and campers as stable housing slips beyond reach. For low-income Americans, a vehicle is increasingly becoming the last barrier between having shelter and the street. #Housing #California www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/a...
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In California, thousands of Americans forced to live in their cars
Several thousand people live in a car, van or camper in the city of Los Angeles. The situation highlights the growing difficulties of low-income Americans to find stable housing, a major problem in th...
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Muthu A @tamilthought.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
so OpenAI mined the chat logs of the top math researchers working on the millennium problem of Navier-Stokes equation instability and then 'scooped' them; LLMs are spying on you all the time
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The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology @thelancetendo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Read our October Issue, featuring type 1 diabetes, older adults, obesity, chronic kidney disease, type 2 diabetes, central precocious puberty, incretin therapies, endocrine-disrupting chemicals, climate change, & much more tinyurl.com/mwfu4c6m #MedSky #EndoSky #RenalSky #GastroSky
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
“At age 73, Harden received his first Emmy nomination, which he converted into a win Sunday for his role as alcoholic patient Louie Cloverfield on HBO Max‘s medical drama The Pitt. “I’ve been in the business since 1974… I got some beautiful breaks.”
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Ernest Harden Jr. Wins First Emmy For 'The Pitt' As Louie Cloverfield
Ernest Harden Jr. wins first Emmy for 'The Pitt' at age 73, dedicates award to Bette Davis, talks about Louie Cloverfield's death in Season 2.
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SPIE @spie.org · 07/09/2026
#SPIE Prism & Catalyst Awards applications are open! 💡 The Prism Awards honor companies developing the best new #optics & #photonics products. The Catalyst Award celebrates a #photonics company that has made a positive social or environmental impact. Apply before Friday: bit.ly/4hABy6M
Promotional graphic with a vibrant pink and purple geometric abstract background. Text reads: “PRISM Awards 2027, including the Catalyst Award. Call for Applications. Due by 11 September 2026.”
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
When old SVU episodes don’t hold up in modern times.
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Bottom line: states must crack down on parents who do not vaccinate their kids. There should be no debate. Enforce the laws you have. Make an example of someone. Put the fear of God in them. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/w...
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Six-Week-Old Infant Died From Measles, Lancaster Coroner Says (Gift Article)
The ruling casts doubt on statements from the federal health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who speculated that measles deaths reported by the state may have been “fabricated.”
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Muthu A @tamilthought.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
anyone have reviews on Sean Carroll book set ? how about the review for Leonard Susskind theory minimum book ?
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Berkeley Lab @berkeleylab.lbl.gov · 03/09/2026
“We're still twisting our brains trying to think if there's a rare background mechanism we could've missed, but it's thrilling to wonder if this could be the first hint of a dark-matter observation.” - Aaron Manalaysay, Berkeley Lab researcher on @lzdarkmatter.bsky.social @nytimes.com
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LZ Sees Surprising Result in Search for Dark Matter
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Just ‘Steve’ 💙 @steveplou.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Remember not long ago when Google said they were going to close up shop in China, pull their apps, shut down their office, and recall employees? All because they were not going to tolerate censorship and cyberattacks. Fast forward to today and they caved over renaming a lake.
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Aephraim Steinberg @quantumaephraim.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Congratulations to two deep thinkers, to whom Physics and Computer Science both owe so much! awards.acm.org/about/2025-t...
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Charles H. Bennett and Gilles Brassard are the recipients of the 2025 ACM A.M. Turing Award for their essential role in establishing the foundations of quantum information science and transforming sec...
Bennett, an American physicist at IBM Research, and Brassard, a Canadian computer scientist at the Université de Montréal, are widely recognized as founders of quantum information science, a field at ...
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Muthu A @tamilthought.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
science Friday
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R. Souissi @rsouissivibes.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
This MRNA vaccine for cancer is seismic. On the level of penicillin or the polio vaccine.
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Justin Jest @justinjest.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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Mary Fernando M.D. 🇨🇦 @maryfernando.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
While uneducated influencers nattered on about mRNA vaccines they didn’t understand, scientists kept working on a new application of mRNA vaccines: fighting skin cancer. I suspect this is the beginning of new. exciting and effective cancer therapies. 🧪 #VaccinesWork www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
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Merck, Moderna say melanoma vaccine meets goals in large trial | CBC News
Merck and Moderna report that a personalized mRNA vaccine helped prevent skin cancer from returning in high-risk patients. Observers greeted the news with enthusiasm but noted that full data from the ...
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scha·den·freu·de @blisterpearl.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
"You say 'amateur' as if it's a dirty word Amateur comes from the Latin word 'amare', which means to love. To do things for
the love of it "

-Thomas Pembridge-
(character played by Malcolm McDowell in Mozart in the Jungle)
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onesillyfag @onesillyfag.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Asteroid strike on the moon.
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