APS Excellence in Physics Education Award
November 2019

Science SPORE Prize
November 2011

The Open Source Physics Project is supported by NSF DUE-0442581.
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Quantum Zeno Effect Model Documents
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Main Document
written by
Juan María Fernández
This EJS simulator implements the Quantum Zeno Experiment with a series of Ideal Polarization Rotors and Polarizers, as described by Paul G. Kwiat, (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), in his website Interaction Free Measurements, Step Two: The Quantum Zeno Effect, and in Quantum Seeing in the Dark, Scientific American, November 1966 .
The simulator is based on some of the basic fundamental ideas of Quantum Mechanics:
1. The Wave-Particle nature of the Photon
2. The Probabilistic interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
3. The superposition of Quantum States
4. The Projection Postulate, also called Wave Function Collapse Postulate
in a Gedankem Experiment showing how the normal Time Evolution of a Quantum System can be frozen, in such a way that reminds the Ancient Greek Zeno paradox of the -lack of- movement.
Last Modified February 15, 2015
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Supplemental Documents (2)
A user manual for the Quantum Zeno Effect Model.
Last Modified February 14, 2015
This file is included in the full-text index.
A short video tutorial showing how to run Quantum Zeno Effect simulation.
Last Modified February 14, 2015
Source Code Documents
The source code zip archive contains an XML representation of the Quantum Zeno Effect Model. Unzip this archive in your EjsS workspace to compile and run this model using EjsS.
Last Modified February 14, 2015
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