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arXiv:2103.02109 · Nature

Quantum circuits with many photons on a programmable nanophotonic chip

J. M. Arrazola, V. Bergholm, K. Brádler, T. R. Bromley, M. J. Collins, I. Dhand, A. Fumagalli, T. Gerrits, A. Goussev, L. G. Helt, J. Hundal, T. Isacsson, R. B. Israel, J. Izaac, S. Jahangiri, R. Janik, N. Killoran, S. P. Kumar, J. Lavoie, A. E. Lita, D. H. Mahler, M. Menotti, B. Morrison, S. W. Nam, Leonhard Neuhaus, H. Y. Qi, N. Quesada, A. Repingon, K. K. Sabapathy, M. Schuld, Daiqin Su, J. Swinarton, A. Száva, K. Tan, P. Tan, Varun Vaidya, Z. Vernon, Z. Zabaneh, Yanbing Young Zhang

Published Mar 3, 2021• 568 citations
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10.1038/s41586-021-03202-1

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