Optical researchers discovered a universal framework for measurement bounds across all optical systems regardless of technology. Surprisingly, optical measurement follows stricter uncertainty principles than quantum mechanics itself.

Optical researchers discovered a universal framework for measurement bounds across all optical systems regardless of technology. Surprisingly, optical measurement follows stricter uncertainty principles than quantum mechanics itself.
Researchers demonstrate efficient MaxCut solutions using sparse Pauli/Walsh correlators with only 0.3% of conventional parameters, achieving >92% approximation ratios while outperforming traditional search methods.
Classical algorithm using quantum-inspired Walsh/Pauli correlation encoding solves MaxCut with high approximation ratios (0.92–0.99) using only 0.3% of the full Walsh space, outperforming traditional baselines with significantly faster runtime.