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arXiv:1010.0107 · Nature

Entanglement in a solid-state spin ensemble

Stephanie Simmons, Richard M. Brown, Helge P. Riemann, Nikolai V. Abrosimov, Peter Becker, Hans-Joachim Pohl, Mike L. W. Thewalt, Kohei M. Itoh, John J. L. Morton

Published Jan 19, 2011• 149 citations
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10.1038/nature09696

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