An alternative way to manipulate quantum states

Researchers at ETH Zurich have shown that quantum states of single electron spins can be controlled by currents of electrons whose spins are evenly aligned. In the future, this method could be used in electronic circuit elements.

A Man at work
PhD student Stepan Kovarik in front of the vacuum chamber in which the samples for the experiment are produced. (Photography: D-MATL / Kilian Dietrich, Maria Feofilova and Hasan Baysal)
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