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Catching a flying photon

Ian S. Osborne

Published Aug 31, 2017• 0 citations
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Abstract

Quantum Optics
Single photons are ideal carriers of quantum information because they are fast, robust, and capable of traveling long distances. An interconnected quantum network, however, will require these information carriers to be stored and processed at node points, or memories. Much effort is
DOI
10.1126/science.357.6354.883-g

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