Artist impression: the nuclear spin of an atom flipping between distinct quantum states. (IMAGE)

Delft University of Technology

Artist impression: the nuclear spin of an atom flipping between distinct quantum states.

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Artist impression, based on actual measurement data, of the nuclear spin of an atom flipping between distinct quantum states. The flipping was observed as a fluctuation in the electrical current passing through the atom on a timescale of seconds.

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