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arXiv:cond-mat/0111224 · Nature

Topologically protected quantum bits using Josephson junction arrays

L. B. Ioffe, M. V. Feigel’man, Alexei S. Ioselevich, Dmitri A. Ivanov, Matthias Troyer, G. Blatter

Published Jan 1, 2002• 207 citations
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10.1038/415503a

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