Quantum Technology Research

The physical explanation in quantum physics is
complex, but fairly well understood. Let’s begin
by thinking of the situation as it just happens
normally, without the quantum Zeno effect at
work. The “unstable quantum system”
described has two states, let’s call them state A
(the undecayed state) and state B (the decayed
state).
If the system is not being observed, then over
time it will evolve from the undecayed state
into a superposition of state A and state B, with
the probability of being in either state being
based on time. When a new observation is
made, the wavefunction that describes this
superposition of states will collapse into either
state A or B. The probability of which state it
collapses into is based on the amount of time
that has passed.