Start-up simulates quantum photonics devices, a physicist’s experience of the mental-health system
In this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast, we speak to Mirella Koleva and Gaby Slavcheva, who are the co-founders of the UK-based company Quantopticon. The firm develops software for simulating quantum photonics devices and Koleva and Slavcheva explain why there is a need to understand the fundamental physics behind the devices that underpin the latest quantum technologies. They also talk about the importance of start-up accelerators for companies like Quantopticon.
Also in this episode, we hear from a physicist who has struggled within the mental health system. After a horrific reaction to a medication and multiple diagnoses that got him nowhere, Alexander Mendelsohn (not his real name) explains why he believes that the mental-health system operates in a bizarre, awful and unscientific way. He also explains why his physics background makes him wonder why more quantitative rigour is not used in treating mental illness.
Mendelsohn also describes his experiences in this article in Physics World: “A physicist’s experience of the mental-health system”.
Hamish Johnston is an online editor of Physics World
from physicsworld.com 24/4/2022
Δεν υπάρχουν σχόλια:
Δημοσίευση σχολίου