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New Qubit Enters the Quantum-Computer Arena

Katherine Wright

Published Sep 22, 2022• 0 citations
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Abstract

A new type of superconducting qubit could solve a "crowding" problem that hinders the development of superconducting quantum computers with large numbers of qubits.
DOI
10.1103/physics.15.s130

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