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Quantum Computing, Communication, and Simulation

Ultrafast low-noise lasers for quantum technologies

Florian Emaury, Oğuzhan Kara, Jonas Heidrich, B. Rudin

Published Mar 5, 2026• 0 citations
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10.1117/12.3081127

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