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arXiv:1202.5459 · Nature

Experimental demonstration of topological error correction

Xing-Can Yao, Tianxiong Wang, Hao-Ze Chen, Weibo Gao, Austin G. Fowler, Robert Raussendorf, Zeng‐Bing Chen, Nai-Le Liu, Chao‐Yang Lu, Youjin Deng, Yu-Ao Chen, Jian-Wei Pan

Published Feb 1, 2012• 207 citations
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10.1038/nature10770

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