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Frontiers in Optics

Photonic Networked Quantum Information Technologies

Ian A. Walmsley, Joshua Nunn, Brian J. Smith, W. Steven Kolthammer, D. J. Saunders, B. J. Metcalf, Stefanie Barz, Jelmer J. Renema, A. Eckstein, Patrick M. Ledingham, Amir Feizpour, Eilon Poem, Benjamin Brecht, Helen M. Chrzanowski, P. C. Humphreys, William R. Clements, K. Kazcmarek, J. H. D. Munns, C. Qiu, Michael Sprague, James C. Gates, Peter G. R. Smith

Published Jan 1, 2016• 0 citations
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Abstract

Hybrid light-matter networks offer the promise for delivering robust quantum information processing technologies, from sensor arrays to quantum simulators. New sources, detectors and memories illustrate progress towards build a resilient, scalable photonic quantum network.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2016.ftu5g.2

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