Measuring the Spin of a Single Atom (IMAGE)

ETH Zurich

Measuring the Spin of a Single Atom

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To measure the precession a carbon nucleus, the ETH Zurich researchers used the spin of a neighbouring defect in the crystal lattice as a sensor.

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ETH Zurich / Jan Rhensius, Kristian Cujia

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