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Remember, Repeat After Me

I. S. Osborne

Published Feb 18, 2010• 0 citations
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Abstract

Applied Physics
Quantum information processors in which information is encoded in single photons require the development of multiple components, to generate the single photons, store them, and then reliably read them from memory and pass them on. Light, however, is always on the move, usually
DOI
10.1126/science.327.5968.923-d

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