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Physical Review Letters

Efficient integrated quantum memory based on a waveguide cavity

Pei-Xi Liu, Yixin Xiao, Tianxiang Zhu, Zhe-Kai You, Zong-Quan Zhou, Chuan-Feng Li, Guang-Can Guo

Published Sep 30, 2026• 0 citations
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10.1103/28st-q915

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