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Entanglement Levels Up

Jacquiline Romero, Markus Rambach

Published Jan 1, 2022• 2 citations
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Abstract

Extending a key resource of quantum technology, entanglement—either by having more than two quantum objects or using "qudits" instead of "qubits"-offers prospects for improvements in quantum communications, computation and other technologies.
DOI
10.1364/opn.33.1.000032

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