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Quantum optics

Diamond quantum bit is controlled using light and sound

12 Apr 2016 Hamish Johnston
Illustration showing how the NV centre is controlled using laser light and sound waves
Sound qubit: photons and phonons control an NV centre. (Courtesy: Andrew Golter/Physical Review Letters)
Physicists in the US are the first to use a combination of light and sound to control the state of a

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