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Physics World

Entanglement reaches city-sized networks

Tim Wogan

Published Jul 1, 2024• 0 citations
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Abstract

Independent teams in China, Europe and the US bring a quantum Internet a step closer after finding ways to swap entanglement between qubits more easily. Tim Wogan reports.
DOI
10.1088/2058-7058/37/07/01

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