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A short "burst" or "envelope" of the action of disturbance spreading in space that travels as a unit

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  • In order to make this work, though, the modulation has to be faster than the width of the wavepacket of the photon that you want to modulate.
  • If the laser was set to the right frequency, it would create a superposition of the ground and excited wavefunctions that emits a simple, easily detected wavepacket that...
  • The spreading of the ion wavepacket means that it may or may not interact with the calcium-binding proteins that will result in neurotransmitter release, which will mean...
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