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Nano-oscillators get it together

Synchronized radiation from arrays of oscillators is widely used in microwave and wireless communications. Phase-locked oscillations produced at the atomic level now pave the way for devices on the nanoscale.

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Mohanty, P. Nano-oscillators get it together. Nature 437, 325–326 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/437325a

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