Schematic Illustration of the Spin and Uncertainty (IMAGE)

ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences

Schematic Illustration of the Spin and Uncertainty

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This is the evolution of a spin and its uncertainty as they orbit due to a magnetic field. The uncertainty, initially equal in all directions, is squeezed into only the out-of-plane component, leaving the two in-plane components highly certain

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