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arXiv:2508.09122 · Nature Physics

Coherent control of interacting solid-state spins below the diffraction limit

Haitong Xu, Mehmet T. Uysal, Łukasz Dusanowski, Adam T. Turflinger, Ashwin K. Boddeti, Joseph Alexander, Jeff D. Thompson

Published Jun 26, 2026• 1 citation
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10.1038/s41567-026-03319-y

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