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The qubit duet

Small, but consistent, steps are being taken towards the realization of a quantum computer. The demonstration of the coupling of two quantum bits in a solid-state device moves us closer to that goal.

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Figure 1: Bell states for a two-particle system.
Figure 2: Quantum logic.

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Blatter, G. The qubit duet. Nature 421, 796–797 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/421796a

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