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The sensitive side of a spin

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With fast, adaptive control over the spin of a single electron, magnetic fields can now be measured at the very limits allowed by quantum physics.

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Figure 1: Sketch of the adaptive protocol.

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  1. Stephen D. Bartlett is at the Centre for Engineered Quantum Systems, School of Physics, The University of Sydney, Sydney 2006, Australia,

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Bartlett, S. The sensitive side of a spin. Nature Nanotech 11, 215–216 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2015.283

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