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arXiv:1703.05402 · Nature Physics

Experimental quantum Hamiltonian learning

Jianwei Wang, Stefano Paesani, Raffaele Santagati, Sebastian Knauer, Antonio A. Gentile, Nathan Wiebe, Maurangelo Petruzzella, Jeremy L. O’Brien, John Rarity, Anthony Laing, Mark G. Thompson

Published Mar 13, 2017• 248 citations
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10.1038/nphys4074

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