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Swift control of a single spin

For now, quantum information processing systems remain a dream. Step by step, however, progress towards that goal is being made, with one promising route involving a novel means of manipulating electron spin.

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Figure 1: Bloch sphere of an electron's spin.

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Edamatsu, K. Swift control of a single spin. Nature 456, 182–183 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/456182a

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