In the forbidden fried egg image, the yolk is whats known as a Bloch sphere, and represents the classical geometry version of what happens in a qubit. It’s the entire range of possible behaviors ...

A sphere is a perfectly round solid figure. All points on the surface of the shape are the same distance away from the centre – we call this distance the radius. The formula for the volume and ...

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The RTS-3ZC Integrating Sphere has a 13º/D geometry to allow near normal incidence at 13º, and diffuse collection via the instrument’s fiber optic bundle. The interior of the integrating sphere is ...