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Trapped Ions Go the Distance

Marric Stephens

Published Feb 2, 2023• 0 citations
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Abstract

Trapped Ions Go the DistanceResearchers have achieved long-distance entanglement between two calcium ions, each of which lies in a different building, showing that trapped ions could be used to create quantum networks.
DOI
10.1103/physics.16.s20

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