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Multi-user network paves the way towards a quantum internet

Tim Wogan

Published Nov 1, 2020• 0 citations
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Abstract

Researchers in the UK and Austria have demonstrated secure information exchange between multiple users spaced around a city.
DOI
10.1088/2058-7058/33/10/09

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