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Ion bombardment triggers a reliable quantum switch in tantalum disulfide crystals
- February 25, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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When you toss a coin, you put it into a higher-energy state until it falls back down again. It can then end up in one of two possible states: heads or tails. No matter which state the coin was in before, after the toss both outcomes are equally likely. A team at TU Wien has analyzed a quantum system that also has two equivalent ground states. By supplying energy through ion bombardment, this state can be changed.
Originally published at Phys.org