Best of both worlds: Towards a quantum Internet with combined optical and electrical technique
Scientists have achieved a breakthrough in quantum science that brings the prospect of a network of ultra-powerful quantum computers — connected via a quantum internet — closer to reality. The team is the first to have detected the spin, or quantum state, of a single atom using a combined optical and electrical approach.
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