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We propose a state estimation scheme for spins, using a modified setup of the Stern-Gerlach experiment, in which a beam of neutral spin-1/2 point particles interacts with a quadrupolar magnetic field. The proposed linear inversion…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-04-07 Javier Martínez-Cifuentes , K. M. Fonseca-Romero

In an effort to provide an alternative method to represent a quantum spin, a precise 3D nonlinear dynamics method is used. A two-sided torque function is created to mimic the unique behavior of the quantum spin. A full 3D representation of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-10-31 Joshua J. Heiner , Joshua D. Bodyfelt , David R. Thayer

Most textbooks introduce the concept of spin by presenting the Stern-Gerlach experiment with the aid of Newtonian atomic trajectories. However, to understand how both spatial and spin degrees of freedom evolve over time and how the latter…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-26 K. M. Fonseca-Romero

The motion of neutral particles with magnetic moments in an inhomogeneous magnetic field is described in a quantum mechanical framework. The validity of the semi-classical approximations which are generally used to describe these phenomena…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 G. Potel , F. Barranco , S. Cruz-Barrios , J. Gómez-Camacho

The rotation of a nanoparticle in a quantum system has many applications, from theory to experiments. This paper will treat nanoparticle rotational dynamics for spin-embedded nanorotors. We will model it as a rigid body that properly treats…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-28 Ryan Rizaldy , Tian Zhou , Sougato Bose , Anupam Mazumdar

We numerically study the spin flip in the Frisch$\unicode{x2013}$Segr\`e experiment, the first multi-stage Stern$\unicode{x2013}$Gerlach experiment, within the context of the novel co-quantum dynamics theory. We model the middle stage…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-03-28 Kelvin Titimbo , David C. Garrett , S. Süleyman Kahraman , Zhe He , Lihong V. Wang

Following a comprehensive analysis of the historical literature, we model the geometry of the Stern$\unicode{x2013}$Gerlach experiment to numerically calculate the magnetic field using the finite-element method. Using this calculated field…

Computational Physics · Physics 2024-08-28 Faraz Mostafaeipour , S. Suleyman Kahraman , Kelvin Titimbo , Yixuan Tan , Lihong V. Wang

Atomic interferometers have been studied as a promising device for precise sensing of external fields. Among various configurations, a particular configuration with a butterfly-shaped geometry has been designed to sensitively probe field…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-11-26 Changhun Oh , Hyukjoon Kwon , Liang Jiang , M. S. Kim

This study utilises an experiment famous in quantum physics, the Stern-Gerlach experiment, to inform the structure of an experimental protocol from which a quantum cognitive decision model can be developed. The 'quantumness' of this model…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2019-08-22 Lauren Fell , Shahram Dehdashti , Peter Bruza , Catarina Moreira

The Stern-Gerlach experiment has played a central role in the discovery of spin angular momentum. It can also play a pivotal role in teaching the formalism of quantum mechanics using a concrete example involving a finite-dimensional Hilbert…

Physics Education · Physics 2016-02-23 Guangtian Zhu , Chandralekha Singh

We experimentally demonstrate a nonlinear detection scheme exploiting time-reversal dynamics that disentangles continuous variable entangled states for feasible readout. Spin-exchange dynamics of Bose-Einstein condensates is used as the…

The Stern-Gerlach-Experiment (SGE) of 1922 is a seminal benchmark experiment of quantum physics providing evidence for several fundamental properties of quantum systems. Based on today's knowledge we illustrate the different benchmark…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2016-12-12 Horst Schmidt-Böcking , Lothar Schmidt , Hans Jürgen Lüdde , Wolfgang Trageser , Tilman Sauer

State reconstruction for quantum spins is reviewed. Emphasis is on non-tomographic approaches which are based on measurements performed with a Stern-Gerlach apparatus. Two consequences of successfully implemented state reconstruction are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Stefan Weigert

The space quantization induced by a Stern-Gerlach experiment is normally explained by invoking the ``collapse of the wave function.'' This is a rather mysterious idea; it would be better to explain the Stern-Gerlach results without using…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 John Ashmead

Atomic three-grating Mach-Zehnder interferometry constitutes an important tool to probe fundamental aspects of the quantum theory. There is, however, a remarkable gap in the literature between the oversimplified models and robust numerical…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-01-08 A. S. Sanz , M. Davidovic , M. Bozic

We propose a reconstruction of vortex beams based on the implementation of quadratic transformations in the orbital angular momentum. The information is encoded in a superposition of Bessel-like nondiffracting beams. The measurement of the…

Optics · Physics 2015-05-18 J. Rehacek , Z. Hradil , Z. Bouchal , A. B. Klimov , I. Rigas , L. L. Sanchez-Soto

To measure an observable of a quantum mechanical system leaves it in one of its eigenstates and the result of the measurement is one of its eigenvalues. This process is shown to be a computational resource. It allows one, in principle, to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-06 Stefan Weigert

We experimentally demonstrate the nonlocal reversal of a partial-collapse quantum measurement on two-photon entangled state. Both the partial measurement and the reversal operation are implemented in linear optics with two displaced Sagnac…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 Xiao-Ye Xu , Jin-Shi Xu , Chuan-Feng Li , Yang Zou , Guang-Can Guo

We study the Quantum Measurement Process in a Stern-Gerlach setup with the spin of a silver atom as the quantum system and the position as the apparatus. The system and the apparatus are treated quantum-mechanically using unitary evolution.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-02-10 Anirudh Reddy , Joseph Samuel , Kumar Shivam , Supurna Sinha

The intrinsically non-linear rotation dynamics of rigid bodies offer unprecedented ways to exploit their quantum motion. In this Letter we devise a rotational analog of Mach-Zehnder interferometry, which allows steering symmetric rotors…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-02-18 Birthe Schrinski , Benjamin A. Stickler , Klaus Hornberger