Macroscopic Tunneling

The mechanism enabling macroscopic quantum effects in MH370-scale technology involves Josephson junctions operating at microwave frequencies. Martinis explains that microwave frequencies (billions of oscillations per second) provide vastly more opportunities for quantum tunneling compared to lower frequencies. The speaker connects this to laser research using microwave pump lasers through sapphire crystals, suggesting that the orbs use microwave-enhanced Josephson junctions to create and maintain the plasma bubble that enables macroscopic tunneling.